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Webster 1913 Edition
Salix
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Sa′lix
,Noun.
pl.
Salices
(#)
. [L., the willow.]
(Bot.)
(a)
A genus of trees or shrubs including the willow, osier, and the like, growing usually in wet grounds.
(b)
A tree or shrub of any kind of willow.
Definition 2024
Salix
Salix
See also: salix
Translingual
Proper noun
Salix f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Salicaceae – the willows.
See also
- See Wikispecies for species
salix
salix
See also: Salix
Latin
Etymology
Substratum word, of non-Indo-European origin. Related to Middle Irish sail, Welsh helygen, Breton halegen (“willow”), Cornish helyk, Old English sealh.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsa.liks/
Noun
salix f (genitive salicis); third declension
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | salix | salicēs |
| genitive | salicis | salicum |
| dative | salicī | salicibus |
| accusative | salicem | salicēs |
| ablative | salice | salicibus |
| vocative | salix | salicēs |
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- salix in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- salix in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “salix”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 536