spadix
English
Etymology
Via Latin spādīx from Ancient Greek σπᾱ́δῑξ (spā́dīx, “palm branch”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈspeɪdɪks/
Noun
spadix (plural spadixes or spadices)
- (botany) A fleshy spike (inflorescence) with reduced flowers, usually enclosed by a spathe, characteristic of aroids.
- (zoology) A special organ of the nautilus, due to a modification of the posterior tentacles.
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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek σπᾱ́δῑξ (spā́dīx).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈspaːdiːks/
Adjective
spādīx (genitive spādīcis); third declension
Inflection
Third declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| nominative | spādīx | spādicēs | spādicia | ||
| genitive | spādicis | spādicium | |||
| dative | spādicī | spādicibus | |||
| accusative | spādicem | spādīx | spādicēs | spādicia | |
| ablative | spādicī | spādicibus | |||
| vocative | spādīx | spādicēs | spādicia | ||
References
- 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
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