fulix

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈfu.liks/, [ˈfʊlʲɪks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfu.liks/, [ˈfuːliks]

Noun

fulix f (genitive fulicis); third declension

1. Alternative form of fulica (“coot, waterfowl”)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	fulix	fulicēs
genitive	fulicis	fulicum
dative	fulicī	fulicibus
accusative	fulicem	fulicēs
ablative	fulice	fulicibus
vocative	fulix	fulicēs

Descendants

• Emilian: falza
• Italian: folice
• >? Mozarabic: *folğa, *folec̆a
  • →? Aragonese: bocha, focha
  • →? Catalan: fotja, forja (Mallorca)
    • → Sicilian: forgia, foggia
    • → Spanish: focha, foja

References

• Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “focha”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 924
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “fŭlĭca”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 3: D–F, page 843

Further reading

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