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Latin
Etymology
From lixa (“lye, lye ashes”) + -īvus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
lixīvus (feminine lixīva, neuter lixīvum); first/second-declension adjective
- made into lye
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Derived terms
Descendants
- Balkan Romance:
- Italo-Romance:
- Padanian:
- Northern Gallo-Romance:
- Southern Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Insular Romance:
- Borrowings:
References
- “lixivus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- lixivus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.