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Latin
Etymology
bi- (“twice”) + lanx (“scalepan”)
Pronunciation
Adjective
bilanx (genitive bilancis); third-declension one-termination adjective
- (of a balance) having two scales
Declension
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
References
- “bĭlanx”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Jan Frederik Niermeyer, Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus : Lexique Latin Médiéval–Français/Anglais : A Medieval Latin–French/English Dictionary, fascicle I (1976), page 98/2, “bilanx”, adj.
Noun
bilanx f (genitive bilancis); third declension
- a balance with two scalepans
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Alternative forms
References
- “bilanx”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- bĭlanx in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 218/1.
- Jan Frederik Niermeyer, Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus : Lexique Latin Médiéval–Français/Anglais : A Medieval Latin–French/English Dictionary, fascicle I (1976), page 98/2, “bilanx”, subst.