noun · femininethird declension
salix
salix f (genitive salicis)
Classical[ˈsa.lɪks]Ecclesiastical[ˈsaː.liks]
Meaning
- femininewillow
- femininea willow branch
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
arbor, quae iūxtā aquās crēscitsalix salicis (f) — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 16
willow
salix -icis (f) — in De Bello Gallico III
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | salix | salicēs |
| genitive | salicis | salicum salicium |
| dative | salicī | salicibus |
| accusative | salicem | salicēs |
| ablative | salice | salicibus |
| vocative | salix | salicēs |
sălix, ĭcis, f.
I. Lit., a willow-tree, willow, sallow, Cato, R. R. 6, 4; Varr. R. R. 1, 24, 4; Col. 4, 30, 4; Plin. 16, 37, 68, § 174; 24, 9, 37, § 56; Lucr. 2, 361; Verg. E. 3, 65; 83; 5, 16 et saep.—*
II. Meton., a willowbranch, withy, osier, Prud. στεΦ. 10, 703.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
salix icis, f
1 SAL-, a willow-tree, willow, sallow : fugit ad salices, V.
Origins
From Proto-Indo-European *sl̥H-ik- (“willow”). Cognate with Old Irish sail, Welsh helyg, Breton haleg, Cornish helyk (“willows”), Old English sealh, English sallow.
Italo-Romance
- Italiansalice
- Italiansalce
- Italiansalcio
- Neapolitansalace
- Neapolitansalece
- Siciliansalacio
- Siciliansalici
Ibero-Romance
- Portuguesesalgueiro
- Spanishsauce
- Spanishsalce
- Aragonesesalz
- Aragonesesalce
- Aragonesesalcera
- Asturiansalgueru
- Asturiansalce
- Galiciansalgueiro
Balkan Romance
- Romaniansalcie
- Romaniansalce
- Aromaniansaltsi
- Aromaniansaltse
Borrowings
- Englishsalicylic
- Englishsalicet
- Albanianshelg
- Albanianshelgje
- Norwegian Bokmålsalisyl
- Russianсалициловый
- TranslingualSalix
Occitano-Romance
- Catalansalze
- Auvergnatsause
- Auvergnatsalze
- Gasconsauç
- Gasconsauce
- Languedociensauç
- Languedociensause
- Languedociensalze
- Limousinsales
- Limousinassales
Gallo-Italic
- Emiliansarze
- Emiliansarz
- Emiliansals
- Emiliansalz
- Emiliansàles
- Emiliansàlas
- Liguriansàrxo
- Liguriansràxo
- Liguriansâxo
- Liguriansêxo
Gallo-Romance
- Franco-Provençalsôge
- Franco-Provençalsôze
- Franco-Provençalsôjo
- Bourguignonsaugefrom Old French sauz
- Champenoissaussefrom Old French sauz
- Franc-Comtoissâcefrom Old French sauz
- Normansausfrom Old French sauz
- Poitevin-Saintongeaissàusefrom Old French sauz
- Walloonsåfrom Old French sauz
Sardinian
- unknownsabixi
- unknownsaighi
- unknownsagili
- unknownsaliche