exlex

English

Alternative forms

  • ex-lex, ex lex

Etymology

From Latin exlēx.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛkslɛks/

Noun

exlex (plural exlexes)

  1. (archaic) An outlaw.
    • 1838, Edinburgh Cabinet Novels, page 121:
      The door opened, and the faces of the rough-looking exlexes were exhibited by the light of the lamp held up by Gregory, […]

Latin

Etymology

From ex- (“out of”) + lēx (“law”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

exlēx (genitive exlēgis); third-declension one-termination adjective

  1. lawless
  2. outside of the law

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative exlēx exlēgēs exlēgia
genitive exlēgis exlēgium
dative exlēgī exlēgibus
accusative exlēgem exlēx exlēgēs exlēgia
ablative exlēgī exlēgibus
vocative exlēx exlēgēs exlēgia

References

  • “exlex”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “exlex”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "exlex", 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)
  • exlex in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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