filius

      Latin

      Etymology

      Old Latin *fēlios, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁y-li-os (“sucker”), a derivation from the verbal root *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suck”). Related to fēmina, fellō, fētus, Old English delu (“nipple, teat”), Old English dēon (“to suck, suckle”), Old Armenian դալ (dal). More at doe.

      Pronunciation

      Noun

      fīlius (genitive fīliī); m, second declension

      1. a son
        Ubi est noster filius?
        Where is our son?
      2. (by extension) any male descendant
      3. (in the plural) children

      Inflection

      Number Singular Plural
      nominative fīlius fīliī
      genitive fīliī/fīlī fīliōrum
      dative fīliō fīliīs
      accusative fīlium fīliōs
      ablative fīliō fīliīs
      vocative fīlī fīliī

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