larix

See also: Larix and làrix

Latin

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): [ˈɫa.rɪks]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈlaː.riks]

Noun

larix f (genitive laricis); third declension

larch (Larix, tree)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	larix	laricēs
genitive	laricis	laricum
dative	laricī	laricibus
accusative	laricem	laricēs
ablative	larice	laricibus
vocative	larix	laricēs

Descendants

Franco-Provençal: larze
Ligurian: arzo
Lombard: lares, lars, larza
Romansch: larsch
Borrowings:
- → Basque: laritz
- → Catalan: làrix
- → Dutch: lariks
- → Georgian: ლარიქსი (lariksi)
- → Greek: λάρικας (lárikas)
- → Irish: learóg
- → Italian: larice
- → Portuguese: lariço
- → Romanian: larice
- → Scottish Gaelic: learag
- → Spanish: lárice
- → Translingual: Larix
- → Proto-West Germanic: *larikā (see there for further descendants)
- → Serbo-Croatian: ariš

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