smilax

See also: Smilax

English

Roundleaf greenbrier (Smilax rotundifolia)

Wikispecies

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈsmaɪ.læks/

Noun

smilax (plural smilaxes)

1. Any member of the Smilax genus of greenbriers.

Translations

plant genus Smilax

• German: Smilax, Stechwinden pl
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: σμῖλαξ f (smîlax)

• Italian: smilace f
• Latin: smīlax f
• Persian: ازملک (fa) (azmalak)
• Polish: kolcorośl f
• Volapük: smilag

Anagrams

• laxism

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.

	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