spadix

== English == === Etymology === Via Latin spādīx from Ancient Greek σπᾱ́δῑξ (spā́dīx, “palm branch”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈspeɪdɪks/ Rhymes: -eɪdɪks === Noun === spadix (plural spadixes or spadices) (botany) A fleshy spike (inflorescence) with reduced flowers, usually enclosed by a spathe, characteristic of aroids. (zoology) A male sexual organ of certain cephalopods and hydrozoans (especially the nautilus), used to transfer sperm. ==== Derived terms ==== spadiceous ==== Translations ==== === See also === Araceae spathe == Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek σπᾱ́δῑξ (spā́dīx). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈspaː.diːks] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈspaː.diks] === Noun === spādīx m (genitive spādīcis); third declension spadix; inflorescence (especially of a palm tree) a type of lyre ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant or non-Greek-type). === Adjective === spādīx (genitive spādīcis); third-declension one-termination adjective (non-i-stem) red like dates on a branch; spadiceous ==== Usage notes ==== All Roman commentaries on this color term are connected to the explication of a passage of Vergil about horses. Marcus Fronto, as told by Aulus Gellius, explained the color as being proper to dates on a palm branch before they are fully "cooked" by the sun, and gave pūniceus and rutilus as synonyms of it, and also added that the color is shining and rich. Later commentaries on the color term in Vergil fix it as a brownish color that horses may have, explicitly different from pūniceus by a change of degree. It may be speculated that something of the poetic license was lost in these didactic commentaries. ==== Declension ==== Third declension one-termination adjective (Greek-type, normal variant or non-Greek-type) ==== See also ==== === 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. == Romanian == === Noun === spadix n (plural spadice) alternative form of spadice ==== Declension ====