Noun: folium
Hyphenation:
Gender: Neuter
Declension: Second
Nominative
| Singular | folium |
| Plural | folia |
Genitive
| Singular | foliī; folī |
| Plural | foliōrum |
Dative
| Singular | foliō |
| Plural | foliīs |
Accusative
| Singular | folium |
| Plural | folia |
Ablative
| Singular | foliō |
| Plural | foliīs |
Vocative
| Singular | folium |
| Plural | folia |
Sample Sentences
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Ex his pinus atque pinaster folium habent capillamenti modo praetenue longumque et mucrone aculeatum. (Of these, the pine and wild pine have a leaf [that is] very thin and long, in the manner of hair, and tipped with a sharp point.) [79 CE, Pliny the Elder, “chapter 16”, in Naturalis Historia, book 16:]
Nouns inflected like folium
ēmūnctōrium,
antistitium,
senium,
plantārium,
rīsiloquium,
solium,
palmārium,
tīrōcinium,
occipitium,
tettīgonium,
larārium,
pāpārium,
evangelium,
glōssārium,
aerārium,
tripudium,
vāsārium,
comitium,
dictābolārium,
xenium, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. Traditionally derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰolh₃yom (“leaf”), from *bʰleh₃- (“blossom, flower”), and thus an exact cognate of Ancient Greek φῠ́λλον (phŭ́llon).
2. An alternative theory, favored by Driessen and De Vaan, derives the word from Proto-Indo-European *dʰolh₁yom, from *dʰelh₁- (“be green”), whence Middle Irish duille, Welsh dail, Ancient Greek θάλλω (thállō, “to bloom”), Old Armenian դալար (dalar, “green, fresh”), Albanian dal (“to exit, go out”).
Verbs referencing "folium"
Catalan Nouns
full, English Nouns
folium, Romanian Nouns
folium, Romanian Nouns
blat, German Nouns
Blatt, English Nouns
foliage, English Nouns
folic acid, English Nouns
folio, Finnish Nouns
folio, French Nouns
folio, Spanish Nouns
folio, Galician Nouns
folla, Danish Nouns
folie, Norwegian Bokmål Nouns
folie, Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns
folie, Italian Nouns
foglia, Italian Nouns
foglio, Catalan Nouns
fulla, Ancient Greek Nouns
φύλλον, English Nouns
folivore, English Nouns
foliophagy, English Nouns
foliole, Romanian Nouns
foaie, Hungarian Nouns
folsav, Romanian Nouns
fuior, Asturian Nouns
fueya, Old Spanish Nouns
foja, English Nouns
taxifolin, Spanish Nouns
hojuela, Portuguese Nouns
filhó, Galician Nouns
filloa, Dutch Nouns
foelie, Old Portuguese Nouns
folloa.
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