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Latin
Pronunciation
Noun
pēlex f (genitive pēlicis); third declension
- Alternative form of paelex ("concubine", "mistress").
Declension
Third-declension noun.
References
- “pelex”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “pelex”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- pelex in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.