ulex

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Latin

Etymology

Word mentioned by Pliny when describing gold mining in northwestern Iberia. Probably from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia.

Noun

ulex m (genitive ulīcis); third declension

  1. A shrub similar to rosemary

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative ulex ulīcēs
genitive ulīcis ulīcum
dative ulīcī ulīcibus
accusative ulīcem ulīcēs
ablative ulīce ulīcibus
vocative ulex ulīcēs

Descendants

  • Old Galician-Portuguese: ulze
  • Spanish: urce
  • Translingual: Ulex

References

  • ulex”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ulex in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.