spadix
See also: Spadix
English edit
Etymology edit
Via Latin spādīx from Ancient Greek σπᾱ́δῑξ (spā́dīx, “palm branch”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
spadix (plural spadixes or spadices)
- (botany) A fleshy spike (inflorescence) with reduced flowers, usually enclosed by a spathe, characteristic of aroids.
- 1789, Erasmus Darwin, The Loves of the Plants, J. Johnson, page 148:
- The spadix of this plant is frequently quite white, or coloured, and the leaves liable to be streaked with white, and to have black, or scarlet blotches on them.
- (zoology) A male sexual organ of certain cephalopods and hydrozoans (especially the nautilus), used to transfer sperm.
- 2017, Danna Staaf, Squid Empire, ForeEdge, →ISBN, page 57:
- However, the shells of modern nautiluses show the opposite pattern—males are somewhat larger than females, with a wider aperture to accommodate the spadix.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
fleshy spike
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See also edit
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek σπᾱ́δῑξ (spā́dīx).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈspaː.diːks/, [ˈs̠päːd̪iːks̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈspa.diks/, [ˈspäːd̪iks]
Noun edit
spādīx m (genitive spādīcis); third declension
- spadix, inflorescence (especially of a palm tree)
- a type of lyre
Declension edit
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | spādīx | spādīcēs |
Genitive | spādīcis | spādīcum |
Dative | spādīcī | spādīcibus |
Accusative | spādīcem | spādīcēs |
Ablative | spādīce | spādīcibus |
Vocative | spādīx | spādīcēs |
Adjective edit
spādīx (genitive spādīcis); third-declension one-termination adjective
Declension edit
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||
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Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
Nominative | spādīx | spādīcēs | spādīcia | ||
Genitive | spādīcis | spādīcium | |||
Dative | spādīcī | spādīcibus | |||
Accusative | spādīcem | spādīx | spādīcēs | spādīcia | |
Ablative | spādīcī | spādīcibus | |||
Vocative | spādīx | spādīcēs | spādīcia |
See also edit
albus, candidus, subalbus, niveus, cēreus, marmoreus, eburneus, cānus, blancus (ML.) | glaucus, rāvus, pullus, cinereus, cinerāceus, plumbeus, grīseus (ML. or NL.) | niger, āter, piceus, furvus |
ruber, rūbidus, rūfus, rubicundus, russus, rubrīcus, pūniceus, murrinus, mulleus; cocceus, coccīnus, badius | rutilus, armeniacus, aurantius, aurantiacus; fuscus, suffuscus, colōrius, cervīnus, spādīx, castaneus, aquilus, fulvus, brunneus (ML.) | flāvus, sufflāvus, flāvidus, fulvus, lūteus, gilvus, helvus, croceus, pallidus, blondinus (ML.) |
galbus, galbinus, lūridus | viridis | prasinus |
cȳaneus | caeruleus, azurīnus (ML.), caesius, blāvus (LL.) | glaucus; līvidus; venetus |
violāceus, ianthinus, balaustīnus (NL.) | ostrīnus, amethystīnus | purpureus, ātropurpureus, roseus, rosāceus |
References edit
- “spadix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “spadix”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- spadix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Romanian edit
Noun edit
spadix n (plural spadice)
- Alternative form of spadice
Declension edit
Declension of spadix
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) spadix | spadixul | (niște) spadice | spadicele |
genitive/dative | (unui) spadix | spadixului | (unor) spadice | spadicelor |
vocative | spadixule | spadicelor |