smilax
See also: Smilax
English
Etymology
From the genus name, translingual Smilax. Further from Latin smīlax f and Ancient Greek σμῖλαξ f (smîlax).
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈsmaɪ.læks/
Noun
smilax (plural smilaxes)
- Any member of the Smilax genus of greenbriers.
Translations
plant genus Smilax
Anagrams
Latin
Alternative forms
- milax
- zmilax
Etymology
From Ancient Greek σμῖλαξ (smîlax).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈsmiː.ɫaks]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈzmiː.laks]
Noun
smīlax f (genitive smīlacis); third declension
- The greenbrier or sarsaparilla (vine of the genus Smilax)
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | smīlax | smīlacēs |
| genitive | smīlacis | smīlacum |
| dative | smīlacī | smīlacibus |
| accusative | smīlacem | smīlacēs |
| ablative | smīlace | smīlacibus |
| vocative | smīlax | smīlacēs |
Descendants
References
- “smilax”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “smilax”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers