larix
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larix (the larch)
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek λάριξ (lárix), possibly a loan from Gaulish, from Proto-Celtic *daru, from Proto-Indo-European *dóru.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈla.riks/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈla.riks/,
Noun
larix f (genitive laricis); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | larix | laricēs |
| Genitive | laricis | laricum |
| Dative | laricī | laricibus |
| Accusative | laricem | laricēs |
| Ablative | larice | laricibus |
| Vocative | larix | laricēs |
Descendants
- Franco-Provençal: larze
- Ligurian: arzo
- Lombard: lares, lars, larza
- Borrowings:
- → Basque: laritz
- → Catalan: làrix
- → Dutch: lariks
- → Georgian: ლარიქსი (lariksi)
- → Greek: λάρικας (lárikas)
- → Irish: learóg
- → Italian: larice
- → Portuguese: lariço
- → Romanian: larice
- → Scottish Gaelic: learag
- → Spanish: lárice
- → Translingual: Larix
- → Proto-West Germanic: *larikā (see there for further descendants)
- → Serbo-Croatian: ariš
References
- “larix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- larix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “larix”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly