felis

See also: Felis and Félis

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈfeː.lis/, [ˈfeːlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfe.lis/, [ˈfɛːlis]

Noun

fēlis f

1. genitive singular of fēlēs

Noun

fēlis f (genitive fēlis); third declension

1. Alternative form of fēlēs

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	fēlis	fēlēs
Genitive	fēlis	fēlium
Dative	fēlī	fēlibus
Accusative	fēlem	fēlēs fēlīs
Ablative	fēle	fēlibus
Vocative	fēlis	fēlēs

References

• “felis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• felis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• felis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “felis”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Old High German

Etymology

Akin to Old Norse fell, fjall.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfe.lis̠/

Noun

felis m

1. cliff
2. rock

Descendants

• German: Fels