smilax

See also: Smilax

English

Roundleaf greenbrier (Smilax rotundifolia)

Wikispecies

Etymology

From the genus name, New Latin Smilax.

Noun

smilax (plural smilaxes)

1. Any member of the Smilax genus of greenbriers.

Translations

plant genus Smilax

• German: Smilax, Stechwinden pl
• Persian: ازملک (fa) (azmalak)
• Polish: kolcorośl f
• Volapük: smilag

Anagrams

• laxism

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σμῖλαξ (smîlax).

Noun

smīlax f (genitive smīlacis); third declension

1. The greenbrier or sarsaparilla (vine of the genus Smilax)

Declension

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

• Italian: smilace
• Translingual: Smilax

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