elixus

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Latin

Etymology

From ex- (“out”) +‎ *lixus (compare prōlixus); the unprefixed adjective probably descends from Proto-Indo-European *wleykʷ- (“moist, to wet”) and originally had a sense like "fluid, flowing". Cognate with lixa and liqueō.[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

ēlixus (feminine ēlixa, neuter ēlixum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. boiled (of meat etc.)
  2. soaked, sodden

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative ēlixus ēlixa ēlixum ēlixī ēlixae ēlixa
genitive ēlixī ēlixae ēlixī ēlixōrum ēlixārum ēlixōrum
dative ēlixō ēlixae ēlixō ēlixīs
accusative ēlixum ēlixam ēlixum ēlixōs ēlixās ēlixa
ablative ēlixō ēlixā ēlixō ēlixīs
vocative ēlixe ēlixa ēlixum ēlixī ēlixae ēlixa

Descendants

  • Friulian: lès
  • Italian: lesso
  • Venetan: leso, les, lese

References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “lixa”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 347

Further reading

  • “elixus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “elixus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • elixus in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
  • elixus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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