different between felix vs felicity

Latin

Alternative forms

• foel?x (medieval)

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *f?lwiks, from Proto-Indo-European *d?eh?-lw-i-k-s, from *d?eh?(y)- (“to suckle”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?fe?.li?ks/, [?fe?li?ks?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?fe.liks/, [?f??liks]

Adjective

f?l?x (genitive f?l?cis, comparative f?l?cior, superlative f?l?cissimus, adverb f?l?citer); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. happy, lucky, blessed, fortunate

   Synonym: laetus

2. fertile, fruitful, prosperous
3. auspicious, favorable, of good omen or luck
4. (religion, archaic) of the noble fruits offered to the deities

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

Derived terms

• Arabia F?l?x
• f?l?cit?s
• f?l?citer
• f?l?cit?
• F?l?x

Descendants

References

• felix in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• felix in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• felix in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• felix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
• felix in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• felix in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

English

Etymology

From Middle English felicite (“bliss, happiness, joy; delight, pleasure; a source of happiness; good fortune; prosperity; well-being; of a planet: in an influential position”) [and other forms], borrowed from Old French felicité (modern French félicité (“bliss, happiness; felicity”)), from Latin f?l?cit?tem, the accusative singular of f?l?cit?s (“fertility, fruitfulness; happiness, felicity; good fortune; success”), from f?lix (“happy; blessed, fortunate, lucky; fertile, fruitful; prosperous; auspicious, favourable”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *d?eh?(y)- (“to nurse, suckle”)) + -it?s (a variant of -t?s (suffix forming nouns indicating a state of being)).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /f??l?s?ti/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /f??l?s?ti/, [-?i]
• Rhymes: -?s?ti
• Hyphenation: fe?li?ci?ty

Noun

felicity (countable and uncountable, plural felicities)

1. (uncountable) Happiness; (countable) an instance of this.

   Antonym: infelicity
2. (uncountable) An apt and pleasing style in speech, writing, etc.; (countable) an apt and pleasing choice of words.
3. (uncountable, rare) Good luck; success; (countable) An instance of unexpected good luck; a stroke of luck; also, a lucky characteristic.
4. (uncountable, semiotics) Reproduction of a sign with fidelity.

5. (countable) Something that is either a source of happiness or particularly apt.

Derived terms

• felicitous
• felicitously
• infelicity

Related terms

Translations

References

Further reading

• felicity (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia