aquifolius

== Latin == === Alternative forms === acrufolius === Etymology === From acus (“needle”) +‎ folium (“leaf”). See also acrifolium. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [a.kʷɪˈfɔ.li.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [a.kʷiˈfɔː.li.us] === Adjective === aquifolius (feminine aquifolia, neuter aquifolium); first/second-declension adjective having prickly or pointed leaves (such as holly). ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Descendants ==== Italian: aquifoglio, Italian: agrifoglio Catalan: grèvol Old Leonese: Asturian: acebu Leonese: acéu Old Galician-Portuguese: *azevo, *azevinno Galician: acivro, acevo, aceviño Portuguese: azevinho Old Spanish: azevo Spanish: acebo, aquifolio Tagalog: asebo Translingual: Aquifolium ==== See also ==== laurifolius myrtifolius oleifolius salicifolius === References === “aquifolius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “aquifolius”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.