remex

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English

Etymology

From Latin rēmex (“rower”).

Noun

remex (plural remiges)

  1. A quill.
  2. The flight feather of a bird.

Latin

Etymology

From rēmus (“oar”) + agō (“set in motion”).

Pronunciation

Noun

rēmex m (genitive rēmigis); third declension

  1. oarsman, rower

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative rēmex rēmigēs
Genitive rēmigis rēmigum
Dative rēmigī rēmigibus
Accusative rēmigem rēmigēs
Ablative rēmige rēmigibus
Vocative rēmex rēmigēs

References

  • “remex”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “remex”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • remex in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • sailors, rowers: nautae, remiges
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