alx
Translingual
Etymology 1
From a (“atto-”) + lx (“lux”).
Symbol
alx
- (metrology) Symbol for attolux, an SI unit of illumination equal to 10−18 lux.
Etymology 2
Abbreviation of English Amol with x as a placeholder.
Symbol
alx
See also
- Wiktionary’s coverage of Amol terms
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈaɫks]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈalks]
Noun
alx f (genitive alcis); third declension
- medieval spelling of alcēs
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | alx | alcēs |
| genitive | alcis | alcum |
| dative | alcī | alcibus |
| accusative | alcem | alcēs |
| ablative | alce | alcibus |
| vocative | alx | alcēs |
References
- "alx", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “alx (genet. alcis) (germ.)”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 39/1