filictum

Latin

Etymology

From filix (“fern”) +‎ -tum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /fiˈlik.tum/, [fɪˈlʲɪkt̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fiˈlik.tum/, [fiˈlikt̪um]

Noun

filictum n (genitive filictī); second declension

1. fernbrake, stand of ferns.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	filictum	filicta
Genitive	filictī	filictōrum
Dative	filictō	filictīs
Accusative	filictum	filicta
Ablative	filictō	filictīs
Vocative	filictum	filicta

Descendants

• Asturian: felechu
• Corsican: filetta
• Friulian: felet
• Galician: fieito, faínto, fento
• Mirandese: faleito
• Portuguese: feto
• Spanish: helecho

References

• “filictum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• filictum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.