filictum

Latin

Etymology

From filix (“fern”) +‎ -tum.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /fiˈlik.tum/, [fɪˈlʲɪkt̪ʊ̃ˑ]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fiˈlik.tum/, [fiˈlikt̪um]

Noun

filictum n (genitive filictī); second declension

fernbrake, stand of ferns.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	filictum	filicta
Genitive	filictī	filictōrum
Dative	filictō	filictīs
Accusative	filictum	filicta
Ablative	filictō	filictīs
Vocative	filictum	filicta

Descendants

Asturian: felechu
Corsican: filetta
Friulian: felet
Galician: fieito, faínto, fento
Mirandese: faleito
Portuguese: feto
Spanish: helecho

References

“filictum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
filictum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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