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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈsa.lɪks]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈsaː.liks]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''salix''' ''f'' (genitive salicis); third declension^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*salik-]].^(de Vaan 2008) Italo-Celtic *salik- may reflect PIE *slH-ik- or *sh₂l-ik-, but the change of suffix and the limited spread point to a borrowing from a non-Indo-European language.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) Cognate with [[sga|sail|t=willow]], [[cy|helyg|t=willows]], [[grc|ἑλίκη|tr=helíkē|t=willow]] and [[ang|sealh|t=willow]], [[en|sallow]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ Plautus uses it.^(de Vaan 2008) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ In Latin it was a willow or osier, its branches and wood, as in Cato, Varro and Virgil.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Writers on farming named kinds such as ''salix Amerina'' and ''salix Gallica''.^(OLD 2012) Prudentius uses it of a willow rod.^(Gaffiot 2016) Its derivatives ''salictum'' “willow bed” and ''salignus'' “of willow” are in Plautus and Cato.^(de Vaan 2008)
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+ It survives as [[it|salice]] and [[ro|salcie]].^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 234–149 BC – Cato uses it and ''salignus''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Noun===
+ # A [[m|en|willow]], [[m|en|osier]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
+ # A willow branch, willow rod.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[salicastrum]]
+ * [[salictum]]
+ * [[saligneus]]
+ * [[salignus]]
+ * [[salicīnus]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[en|sallow]]
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+ ==Usage notes==
+ Isidore says it is named because it grows quickly, from [[saliō]] “to leap”.^(Isidore)
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}