smilax

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English

Roundleaf greenbrier (Smilax rotundifolia)
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Etymology

From the genus name, translingual Smilax. Further from Latin smīlax f and Ancient Greek σμῖλαξ f (smîlax).

Pronunciation

Noun

smilax (plural smilaxes)

  1. Any member of the Smilax genus of greenbriers.

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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
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