larix

See also: Larix and làrix

Latin

larix (the larch)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λάριξ (lárix), possibly a loan from Gaulish, from Proto-Celtic *daru, from Proto-Indo-European *dóru.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈla.riks/, [ˈɫ̪ärɪks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈla.riks/, [ˈläːriks]

Noun

larix f (genitive laricis); third declension

1. larch (Larix, tree)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	larix	laricēs
Genitive	laricis	laricum
Dative	laricī	laricibus
Accusative	laricem	laricēs
Ablative	larice	laricibus
Vocative	larix	laricēs

Descendants

• → Lombard: larez
• → Basque: laritz
• → Catalan: làrix
• → Dutch: lariks
• → Georgian: ლარიქსი (lariksi)
• → Greek: λάρικας (lárikas)
• → Irish: learóg
• → Italian: larice
• → Portuguese: lariço
• → Romanian: larice
• → Scottish Gaelic: learag
• → Translingual: Larix, Larix
• → Proto-West Germanic: *larikkjā (see there for further descendants)

References

• “larix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• larix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “larix”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly