felix

== Latin == === Alternative forms === foelīx (Medieval Latin) === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Italic *fēl(w)ī- (“suckling (pr.ptc.), with young”) (with *-k- added in Latin), from earlier *θēl(w)ī-, feminine derived from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-l(w)-i-s, from *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suckle”). ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈfeː.liːks] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈfɛː.liks] ==== Adjective ==== fēlīx (genitive fēlīcis, comparative fēlīcior, superlative fēlīcissimus, adverb fēlīciter); third-declension one-termination adjective happy, lucky, blessed, fortunate Synonyms: laetus, alacer Antonyms: maestus, infēlīx, trīstis, miser, aeger fertile, fruitful, prosperous auspicious, favorable, of good omen or luck (religion, archaic) of the noble fruits offered to the deities ===== Declension ===== Third-declension one-termination adjective. ===== Derived terms ===== Arabia Fēlīx fēlīcitās fēlīciter fēlīcitō Fēlīx ===== Descendants ===== ==== References ==== “felix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “felix”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "felix", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “felix”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co. “felix”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “felix”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== felix f (genitive felicis); third declension alternative form of filix