different between felix vs feline

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fi?la?n/
• Rhymes: -i?la?n

Etymology 1

From Latin f?l?nus, from f?l?s (“wildcat, marten”).

Adjective

feline (comparative more feline, superlative most feline)

1. Of or pertaining to cats.
2. catlike (resembling a cat)

Synonyms

• catly

Translations

Etymology 2

Substantive use of the adjective feline, from Latin f?l?nus

Noun

feline (plural felines)

1. (formal) A cat; member of the cat family Felidae.

Hyponyms

• See also Thesaurus:feline

Translations

Related terms

• feliform
• felis
• Felix
• felinity
• felinely

See also

• canine
• cattus
• Felidae

Anagrams

• feelin', nelfie

Italian

Adjective

feline

1. feminine plural of felino

Anagrams

• fenile

Latin

Adjective

f?l?ne

1. vocative masculine singular of f?l?nus

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fe?line]

Noun

feline f

1. indefinite plural of felin?
2. indefinite genitive/dative singular of felin?