LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivethird-declension one-termination adjective

īnfēlīx

īnfēlīx (genitive īnfēlīcis, comparative īnfēlīcior, superlative īnfēlīcissimus, adverb īnfēlīciter)
Classical[ĩːˈfeː.liːks]Ecclesiastical[iɱˈfɛː.liks]

Meaning

  1. one terminationunhappy, unfortunate
  2. one terminationunlucky
  3. one terminationunfruitful
  4. one terminationcausing misfortune

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

cui fortūna nocet
īnfēlīx -īcis — in Aeneis, ch. 4

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeīnfēlīxīnfēlīxīnfēlīx
genitiveīnfēlīcisīnfēlīcisīnfēlīcis
dativeīnfēlīcīīnfēlīcīīnfēlīcī
accusativeīnfēlīcemīnfēlīcemīnfēlīx
ablativeīnfēlīcī
īnfēlīce		īnfēlīcī
īnfēlīce		īnfēlīcī
īnfēlīce
vocativeīnfēlīxīnfēlīxīnfēlīx
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeīnfēlīcēsīnfēlīcēsīnfēlīcia
genitiveīnfēlīciumīnfēlīciumīnfēlīcium
dativeīnfēlīcibusīnfēlīcibusīnfēlīcibus
accusativeīnfēlīcīs
īnfēlīcēs		īnfēlīcīs
īnfēlīcēs		īnfēlīcia
ablativeīnfēlīcibusīnfēlīcibusīnfēlīcibus
vocativeīnfēlīcēsīnfēlīcēsīnfēlīcia

in-fēlix, īcis, adj.,
I. unfruitful, not fertile: vulgus infelicem arborem eam appellat, quoniam nihil ferat, nec seratur unquam, Plin. 24, 9, 41, § 68; cf. id. 16, 26, 45, § 108; hence, of the gallows, Cic. Rab. Perd. 4, 13; cf. Liv. 1, 26, 6: tellus frugibus, Verg. G. 2, 239; cf. ib. 2, 314: lolium, id. E. 5, 37.—
II. Transf.
A. Unfortunate, unhappy, miserable (class.): crux infelici et aerumnoso comparabatur, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 62, § 162: homo miserrimus atque infelicissimus, id. Rosc. Am. 41, 119: patria, Verg. A. 9, 786: fama, id. ib. 12, 608.—With gen.: animi Phoenissa, Verg. A. 4, 529: fidei, Sil. 12, 432: ausi, id. 9, 627.—Comp.: infelicior domi quam militiae, Liv. 5, 12, 1. — Sup.: femina, Quint. 8, 5, 21. —
B. Act., causing misfortune or calamity, unlucky, calamitous: infelix rei publicae, Cic. Phil. 2, 26, 64: terra fingenti Prometheo, Prop. 3, 5, 7: thalamus, Verg. A. 6, 521: balteus, id. ib. 12, 941: vates, prophetess of ill, id. ib. 3, 246: erga plebem studium, Liv. 3, 56, 9: opera, Quint. 10, 1, 7: sollicitudo, id. 12, 10, 77: paupertas, Juv. 3, 152 al.— Hence, adv.: infēlīcĭter, unhappily, unfortunately: fit mihi obviam infeliciter, Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 36: tentata res, Liv. 1, 45, 3: totiens temptata arma, id. 2, 35, 8.—Comp.: infelicius, Sen. Contr. 5, 33; Quint. 8, 6, 33. — Sup.: infelicissime, Aug. Civ. Dei, 12, 13.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥-
  4. Latinīnfēlīx

Latin fēlīx Latin īnfēlīx From in- + fēlīx (“happy, fortunate”).

Descendants
  • Italianinfelice
  • Portugueseinfeliz
  • Spanishinfeliz

In English words that came into English from īnfēlīx

  • infelicityinfelicitas

Quick answers

What does īnfēlīx mean in Latin?
īnfēlīx, a adjective, means “unhappy, unfortunate; unlucky; unfruitful”.
How do you pronounce īnfēlīx?
In classical Latin, [ĩːˈfeː.liːks]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [iɱˈfɛː.liks].
Where does īnfēlīx come from?
Proto-Indo-European *né → Proto-Indo-European *n̥- → Proto-Italic *n̥- → Latin īnfēlīx.