spadix

See also: Spadix

English

Etymology

Via Latin spādīx from Ancient Greek σπᾱ́δῑξ (spā́dīx, “palm branch”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspeɪdɪks/

Noun

spadix (plural spadixes or spadices)

1. (botany) A fleshy spike (inflorescence) with reduced flowers, usually enclosed by a spathe, characteristic of aroids.
   • 1789, Erasmus Darwin, The Loves of the Plants, J. Johnson, page 148:

     The spadix of this plant is frequently quite white, or coloured, and the leaves liable to be streaked with white, and to have black, or scarlet blotches on them.

2. (zoology) A male sexual organ of certain cephalopods and hydrozoans (especially the nautilus), used to transfer sperm.
   • 2017, Danna Staaf, Squid Empire, ForeEdge, →ISBN, page 57:

     However, the shells of modern nautiluses show the opposite pattern—males are somewhat larger than females, with a wider aperture to accommodate the spadix.

Derived terms

• spadiceous

Translations

fleshy spike

• Catalan: espàdix m
• Czech: palice (cs) f
• Esperanto: spadiko
• Finnish: puikelo (fi)
• German: Kolben (de) m
• Ido: spadico (io)
• Polish: kolba (pl) f
• Romanian: spadice (ro) n, spadix (ro) n
• Russian: початок (ru) (počatok)
• Spanish: espádice (es) m
• Swedish: kolv (sv) c
• Tagalog: balutbulak
• Turkish: spadiks, koçan (tr)

See also

• Araceae
• spathe

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek σπᾱ́δῑξ (spā́dīx).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈspaː.diːks/, [ˈs̠päːd̪iːks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈspa.diks/, [ˈspäːd̪iks]

Noun

spādīx m (genitive spādīcis); third declension

1. spadix, inflorescence (especially of a palm tree)
2. a type of lyre

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	spādīx	spādīcēs
genitive	spādīcis	spādīcum
dative	spādīcī	spādīcibus
accusative	spādīcem	spādīcēs
ablative	spādīce	spādīcibus
vocative	spādīx	spādīcēs

Adjective

spādīx (genitive spādīcis); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. chestnut-colored, chestnut (of a horse)
2. strong brown

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	spādīx			spādīcēs	spādīcia
genitive	spādīcis			spādīcium
dative	spādīcī			spādīcibus
accusative	spādīcem	spādīx		spādīcēs	spādīcia
ablative	spādīcī			spādīcibus
vocative	spādīx			spādīcēs	spādīcia

See also

Colors in Latin · colōrēs (layout · text)

albus, candidus, subalbus, niveus, cēreus, marmoreus, eburneus, cānus, blancus (ML.)	glaucus, rāvus, pullus, cinereus, cinerāceus, plumbeus, grīseus (ML. or NL.)	niger, āter, piceus, furvus
ruber, rūbidus, rūfus, rubicundus, russus, rubrīcus, pūniceus, murrinus, mulleus; cocceus, coccīnus, badius	rutilus, armeniacus, aurantius, aurantiacus; fuscus, suffuscus, colōrius, cervīnus, spādīx, castaneus, aquilus, fulvus, brunneus (ML.)	flāvus, sufflāvus, flāvidus, fulvus, lūteus, gilvus, helvus, croceus, pallidus, blondinus (ML.)
galbus, galbinus, lūridus	viridis	prasinus
cȳaneus	caeruleus, azurīnus (ML.), caesius, blāvus (LL.)	glaucus; līvidus; venetus
violāceus, ianthinus, balaustīnus (NL.)	ostrīnus, amethystīnus	purpureus, ātropurpureus, roseus, rosāceus

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)

1. Alternative form of spadice

Declension

Declension of spadix

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) spadix	spadixul	(niște) spadice	spadicele
genitive/dative	(unui) spadix	spadixului	(unor) spadice	spadicelor
vocative	spadixule		spadicelor