pellax

Latin

Etymology

For unattested pellex, from pelliciō +‎ -s (confer illex from illiciō), with replacement of -ex by the suffix -āx (“inclined to”) after fallāx with a similar meaning.[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

pellāx (genitive pellācis, adverb pellāciter); third-declension one-termination adjective

  1. deceitful, deceptive
    Synonym: fallāx
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 2.90:
      [...] invidiā postquam pellācis Ulixī
      (haud ignōta loquor) superīs concessit ab ōrīs,
      adflīctus vītam in tenebrīs lūctūque trahēbam
      et cāsum insontis mēcum indignābar amīcī.
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Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative pellāx pellācēs pellācia
genitive pellācis pellācium
dative pellācī pellācibus
accusative pellācem pellāx pellācēs pellācia
ablative pellācī pellācibus
vocative pellāx pellācēs pellācia

Derived terms

References

  • “pellax”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • pellax in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • pellax in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
  1. ^ Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1938) “laciō”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 745
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