elixus
Latin
Etymology
From ex- (“out”) + *lixus (compare prōlixus); the unprefixed adjective probably descends from Proto-Italic *liksos, from Proto-Indo-European *wleykʷ- (“moist, to wet”) and originally had a sense like "fluid, flowing". Cognate with lixa and liqueō.[1]
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [eːˈlɪk.sʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [eˈlik.sus]
Adjective
ēlixus (feminine ēlixa, neuter ēlixum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | ēlixus | ēlixa | ēlixum | ēlixī | ēlixae | ēlixa | |
| genitive | ēlixī | ēlixae | ēlixī | ēlixōrum | ēlixārum | ēlixōrum | |
| dative | ēlixō | ēlixae | ēlixō | ēlixīs | |||
| accusative | ēlixum | ēlixam | ēlixum | ēlixōs | ēlixās | ēlixa | |
| ablative | ēlixō | ēlixā | ēlixō | ēlixīs | |||
| vocative | ēlixe | ēlixa | ēlixum | ēlixī | ēlixae | ēlixa | |
Descendants
References
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “lixa”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 347
Further reading
- “elixus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “elixus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- elixus in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
- elixus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.