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See also: Smilax
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the genus name, New Latin Smilax.
Noun
[edit]smilax (plural smilaxes)
- Any member of the Smilax genus of greenbriers.
Translations
[edit]plant genus Smilax
Anagrams
[edit]Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek σμῖλαξ (smîlax).
Noun
[edit]smīlax f (genitive smīlacis); third declension
- The greenbrier or sarsaparilla (vine of the genus Smilax)
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | smīlax | smīlacēs |
Genitive | smīlacis | smīlacum |
Dative | smīlacī | smīlacibus |
Accusative | smīlacem | smīlacēs |
Ablative | smīlace | smīlacibus |
Vocative | smīlax | smīlacēs |
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “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