glacies

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“cold”), with metathesis.

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Pronunciation

Noun

glaciēs f (genitive glaciēī); fifth declension

  1. ice
  2. (figuratively) hardness

Declension

Fifth-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative glaciēs glaciēs
Genitive glaciēī glaciērum
Dative glaciēī glaciēbus
Accusative glaciem glaciēs
Ablative glaciē glaciēbus
Vocative glaciēs glaciēs

Descendants

Several forms reflect a reassignment to the first or second declension (as if *glacia, *glacium):

  • Balkan Romance:
    • Aromanian: gljets
    • Istro-Romanian: gľåțĕ
    • Megleno-Romanian: gľets
    • Romanian: gheață
  • Dalmatian:
  • Italo-Romance:
  • Padanian:
  • Northern Gallo-Romance:
  • Southern Gallo-Romance:
  • Ibero-Romance:
    • Asturian: llaz
    • Galician: lazo

References
  • “glacies”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “glacies”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • glacies in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
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