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Latin
Etymology
From in- + fēlīx (“happy, fortunate”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
īnfēlīx (genitive īnfēlīcis, comparative īnfēlīcior, superlative īnfēlīcissimus, adverb īnfēlīciter); third-declension one-termination adjective
- unhappy, unfortunate
- Synonyms: trīstis, maestus, aeger, miser
- Antonyms: laetus, alacer, vīvus, fēlīx
- unlucky
- unfruitful
- Synonyms: ingratus, gratuitus
- causing misfortune
Declension
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
Descendants
References
- “infelix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “infelix”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- infelix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.