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Webster 1913 Edition
Spadix
Spa′dix
,Noun.
pl. L.
Spadices
(#)
, E. Spadixes
(#)
. [L., a palm branch broken off, with its fruit, Gr. [GREEK].]
1.
(Bot.)
A fleshy spike of flowers, usually inclosed in a leaf called a spathe.
2.
(Zool.)
A special organ of the nautilus, due to a modification of the posterior tentacles.
Webster 1828 Edition
Spadix
SPA'DIX
,Noun.
Definition 2024
spadix
spadix
English
Noun
spadix (plural spadixes or spadices)
- (botany) A fleshy spike (inflorescence) with reduced flowers, usually enclosed by a spathe, characteristic of aroids.
- (zoology) A special organ of the nautilus, due to a modification of the posterior tentacles.
Translations
fleshy spike
See also
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈspaːdiːks/
Adjective
spādīx m, f, n (genitive spādīcis); third declension
Inflection
Third declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| nominative | spādīx | spadicisēs | spadicisia | ||
| genitive | spadicisis | spadicisium | |||
| dative | spadicisī | spadicisibus | |||
| accusative | spadicisem | spādīx | spadicisēs | spadicisia | |
| ablative | spadicisī | spadicisibus | |||
| vocative | spādīx | spadicisēs | spadicisia | ||
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
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “spadix”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.