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English
Etymology
From Latin silex.
Pronunciation
Noun
silex (countable and uncountable, plural silexes or silices)
- (archaic) Flint.
- A finely ground relatively pure form of silicas used as a paint filler etc.
1864, Fitz-Hugh Ludlow, The Atlantic:Every little cold gust that I observed in the Colorado country had this corkscrew character […] an auger, of diameter varying from an inch to a thousand feet, capable of altering its direction so as to bore curved holes, revolving with incalculable rapidity, and armed with a cutting edge of silex.
Anagrams
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin silex.
Pronunciation
Noun
silex m (plural silex)
- flint
Further reading
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
Uncertain. Sometimes compared to silīgō and siliqua, both of unclear origin as well. De Vaan suggests that these are derivatives of silex, which have undergone a semantic shift “pebble” > “small pod”.
Pronunciation
Noun
silex m or f (genitive silicis); third declension
- pebble, stone, flint
- Synonyms: lapis, saxum, petra
- rock, crag
- lava
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “silex”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “silex”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- silex in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to pave a road: viam sternere (silice, saxo)
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “silex, -icis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 564
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French silex, from Latin silex.
Noun
silex n (plural silexuri)
- flint
Declension