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fēlīx1

fēlīx (genitive fēlīcis, comparative fēlīcior, superlative fēlīcissimus, adverb fēlīciter)
Classical[ˈfeː.liːks]Ecclesiastical[ˈfɛː.liks]
№ 309 of the 1,000 commonest wordsMille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. one terminationhappy, lucky, blessed, fortunate
  2. one terminationfertile, fruitful, prosperous
  3. one terminationauspicious, favorable, of good omen or luck
  4. archaicone terminationof the noble fruits offered to the deities

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

cui rēs bene cadunt; beātus.
fēlīx -īcis — in Mille Verba, Animus et Adfectūs
fortūnātus, cui omnia bene cadunt
fēlīx -icis — in Metamorphoses I, †

Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms

Felix · Prosper · Faustus · Fortunatus · Beatus

Felix, fœlix, (φῦλον ἔχων) is the most general expression for happiness, and has a transitive and intransitive meaning, making happy and being happy; prosper and faustus have only a transitive sense, making happy, or announcing happiness; prosperum (πρόσφορος) as far as men’s hopes and wishes are fulfilled; faustum (from ἀφαύω, φαυστήριος) as an effect of divine favor, conferring blessings; whereas fortunatus and beatus have only an intransitive or passive meaning, being happy; fortunatus, as a favorite of fortune, like εὐτυχής; beatus (ψίης) as conscious of happiness, and contented, resembling the θεοὶ ῥεῖα ζάωντες, like μακάριος. (vi. 125.)

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativefēlīxfēlīxfēlīx
genitivefēlīcis
foelīcis		fēlīcis
foelīcis		fēlīcis
foelīcis
dativefēlīcī
foelīcī		fēlīcī
foelīcī		fēlīcī
foelīcī
accusativefēlīcem
foelīcem		fēlīcem
foelīcem		fēlīx
ablativefēlīcī
fēlīce, foelīce, foelīcī		fēlīcī
fēlīce, foelīce, foelīcī		fēlīcī
fēlīce, foelīce, foelīcī
vocativefēlīxfēlīxfēlīx
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativefēlīcēs
foelīcēs		fēlīcēs
foelīcēs		fēlīcia
foelīcia
genitivefēlīcium
foelīcium		fēlīcium
foelīcium		fēlīcium
foelīcium
dativefēlīcibus
foelīcibus		fēlīcibus
foelīcibus		fēlīcibus
foelīcibus
accusativefēlīcīs
fēlīcēs, foelīcēs, foelīcīs		fēlīcīs
fēlīcēs, foelīcēs, foelīcīs		fēlīcia
foelīcia
ablativefēlīcibus
foelīcibus		fēlīcibus
foelīcibus		fēlīcibus
foelīcibus
vocativefēlīcēs
foelīcēs		fēlīcēs
foelīcēs		fēlīcia
foelīcia

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

eventum, exitum (felicem) habere
to turn out (well); to result (satisfactorily).
quod bonum, faustum, felix, fortunatumque sit! (Div. 1. 45. 102)
may heaven's blessing rest on it.

fēlix, īcis (abl. felici, except Cic. Or. 48, 159; and as nom. prop., v. II. B. 2. infra), adj. from root feo, fevo, to bear, produce, Gr. φύω; cf.: fio, femina; whence fetus, fecundus, femina, fenus,
I. fruit-bearing, fruitful, fertile, productive.
I. Lit. (rare; not in Cic.): felices arbores Cato dixit, quae fructum ferunt, infelices quae non ferunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 92, 10 Müll.; cf. Fronto Ep. ad Amic. 2, 6 ed. Mai.; so, arbor, Liv. 5, 24, 2: arbusta, Lucr. 5, 1378: rami, Verg. G. 2, 81; so, rami feliciores, Hor. Epod. 2, 14: silvae, i. e. of fruitful trees, Verg. G. 4, 329: Massica Baccho, fruitful in vines, id. A. 7, 725; cf. Campania, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 60: felicior regio, Ov. P. 2, 10, 51; cf.: felix oleae tractus, Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 179: venti, Val. Fl. 6, 711.—
B. In partic.
1. In the old relig. lang.: felices arbores, all the nobler sorts of trees, whose fruits were offered to the superior deities, in contradistinction to the infelices, which were dedicated to the inferior deities, Macr. S. 2, 16, 2.—
2. Felix, as an adj. propr. in Arabia Felix, the fertile portion of Arabia, opp. Arabia Deserta and Petraea; v. Arabia.—
II. Transf.
A. Act., that brings good luck, of good omen, auspicious, favorable, propitious, fortunate, prosperous, felicitous (orig. belonging to the relig. lang.; in the class. per. almost confined to poets; syn.: faustus, fortunatus, beatus, secundus): quae (omina) majores nostri quia valere censebant, idcirco omnibus rebus agendis: QVOD BONVM FAVSTVM FELIX FORTVNATVMQVE ESSET praefabantur, Cic. Div. 1, 45, 102; so, QVOD BONVM FORTVNATVM FELIXQVE SALVTAREQVE SIET POPVLO ROMANO QVIRITIVM, etc., an old formula in Varr. L. L. 6, § 86; cf. also: ut nobis haec habitatio Bona, fausta, felix fortunataque eveniat, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 3: quod tibi mihique sit felix, sub imperium tuum redeo, Liv. 22, 30, 4: auspicia, Verg. A. 11, 32; cf. omen, Ov. P. 2, 1, 35: o dea ... Sis felix, nostrum leves, quaecumque, laborem, Verg. A. 1, 330; cf.: sis bonus o felixque tuis! id. E. 5, 65: terque novas circum felix eat hostia fruges, id. G. 1, 345: Zephyri, id. A. 3, 120: sententia, Ov. M. 13, 319: industria (corresp. to fertilis cura), Plin. H. N. 14 praef. § 3.—
B. Lucky, happy, fortunate (the predom. signif. in prose and poetry): exitus ut classi felix faustusque daretur, Lucr. 1, 100: Polycratem Samium felicem appellabant, Cic. Fin. 5, 30, 92: Caesar Alexandriam se recepit, felix, ut sibi quidem videbatur, id. Phil. 2, 26, 64; cf. id. ib. 2, 24, 59: vir ad casum fortunamque felix, id. Font. 15, 33: ille Graecus ab omni laude felicior, id. Brut. 16, 63: Sulla felicissimus omnium ante civilem victoriam, Sall. J. 95, 4: in te retinendo fuit Asia felicior quam nos in deducendo, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 10, § 30; cf.: quin etiam si minus felices in diligendo fuissemus, id. Lael. 16, 60: vade, o felix nati pietate, Verg. A. 3, 480; cf. id. ib. 6, 785: Praxiteles quoque marmore fericior, i. e. succeeded better as a sculptor, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 69: felices ter et amplius, Quos irrupta tenet copula, Hor. C. 1, 13, 17: omnes composui. Felices! nunc ego resto, id. S. 1, 9, 28: Latium felix, id. C. S. 66: tempora, Juv. 2, 38: saecula, Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 103; Juv. 3, 312; Quint. 8, 6, 24: cf.: nulla sorte nascendi aetas felicior, id. 12, 11, 22: felicissima facilitas, id. 10, 1, 111: felicissimus sermo, id. 9, 4, 27: ita sim felix, a form of asseveration, Prop. 1, 7, 3: malum, i. q. salubre, salubrious, wholesome, Verg. G. 2, 127 Serv.—Prov.: felicem scivi, non qui quod vellet haberet, sed qui per fatum non data non cuperet, Aus. Idyll. 319, 23 sq.—
(b). With gen. (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): Vergilius beatus felixque gratiae, Plin. H. N. 14 praef. § 7: o te, Bolane, cerebri Felicem! Hor. S. 1, 9, 12: felices studiique locique, Ov. M. 5, 267: felix uteri, Sil. 4, 359: leti, id. 4, 398: famae, id. 4, 731: felices operum dies, Verg. G. 1, 277.—
(g). With inf. (poet.): quo non felicior alter Ungueretela manu ferrumque armare veneno, happier, more successful in, Verg. A. 9, 772; id. G. 1, 284; Sil. 13, 126. —
(d). With gerund. dat. (rare): tam felix vobis corrumpendis fuit, successful in, Liv. 3, 17, 2.—Adv.: fēlīcĭter. *
1. (Acc. to I.) Fruitfully, abundantly: hic segetes, illic veniunt felicius uvae, Verg. G. 1, 54.—
2. (Acc. to II.)
a. Auspiciously, fortunately, favorably: quod mihi vobisque Quirites, Se fortunatim, feliciter ac bene vortat, Enn. ap. Non. 112, 3 (Ann. v. 112 ed. Vahl.); cf. Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 58: ut ea res mihi magistratuique meo, populo plebique Romanae bene atque feliciter eveniret, Cic. Mur. 1, 1; Caes. B. G. 4, 25, 3.—In expressing a wish or in calling to a person, Good luck! faciam quod volunt. Feliciter velim, inquam, teque laudo, Cic. Att. 13, 42, 1: feliciter, succlamant, Phaedr. 5, 1, 4; Suet. Claud. 7; id. Dom. 13; Flor. 3, 3 fin.; Juv. 2, 119; Vulg. Gen. 30, 11 al.—
b. Luckily, happily, successfully (most freq.): omnes sapientes semper feliciter, absolute, fortunate vivere, Cic. Fin. 3, 7, 26: res publica et bene et feliciter gesta sit, id. Phil. 5, 15, 40; id. Fam. 7, 28 fin.: navigare, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 38, § 95; cf.: qui te feliciter attulit Eurus, Ov. M. 7, 659: feliciter audet, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 166: ob ea feliciter acta, Sall. J. 55, 2.—Prov.: feliciter sapit qui alieno periculo sapit, Plaut. Merc. 4, 4, 40.—Comp., Ov. Ib. 305.—Sup.: bella cum finitimis felicissime multa gessit, Cic. Rep. 2, 9: re gesta, Hirt. B. G. 8, 37, 1: gerere rem publicam, Caes. B. C. 1, 7, 6: cessit imitatio, Quint. 10, 2, 16: Horatius ... verbis felicissime audax, 10, 1, 96.
fĕlix, ĭcis, v. filix
I. init.

Origins

From Proto-Italic *fēl(w)ī- (“suckling (pr.ptc.), with young”) (with *-k- added in Latin), from earlier *θēl(w)ī-, feminine derived from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-l(w)-i-s, from *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suckle”).

Descendants
  • Romanianferice
  • Catalanfeliç
  • Italianfelice
  • Sardinianfelitzefrom Italian felice
  • Italianfilice
  • Portuguesefeliz
  • Spanishfeliz
  • Old Galician-Portuguesefiiz
  • Asturianfeliz
  • Friulianfeliç
proper noun · masculinethird declension
Fēlīx2
Fēlīx m sg (genitive Fēlīcis)
Classical[ˈfeː.liːks]Ecclesiastical[ˈfɛː.liks]

Meaning

  1. A cognomen, particularly of later Roman emperors.
  2. A masculine given name, particularly of alleged early Christian saints.

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeFēlīx—
genitiveFēlīcis—
dativeFēlīcī—
accusativeFēlīcem—
ablativeFēlīce—
vocativeFēlīx—

Fēlix (with abl. Felice, v. Neue, Formenl. 2, p. 67),
I. a Roman surname of frequent occurrence, first applied to L. Sulla, Plin. 7, 44, 44, § 186.—
b. Claudius Felix, Suet. Claud. 28.—
c. Antonius Felix, procurator of Judea and Galilee under Claudius, Vulg. Act. 23, 26; 25, 14.—
d. Julia Felix, i. q. Berytus, Plin. 5, 20, 17, § 78.

Origins

From fēlīx (“lucky, happy”).

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

Biography & mythologyFelixFelix. Φῆλιξ, an agnomen, having, like Magnus and Augustus, a personal rather than a general or family import. (Senec. De Clement. 14.) It was given t…

Quick answers

What does fēlīx mean in Latin?
fēlīx, a adjective, means “happy, lucky, blessed, fortunate; fertile, fruitful, prosperous; auspicious, favorable, of good omen or luck”.
How do you pronounce fēlīx?
In classical Latin, [ˈfeː.liːks]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈfɛː.liks].