culex

See also: Culex

English

A culex

Wikispecies

Etymology

Directly from Latin culex (“mosquito”).

Noun

culex (plural culices)

  1. Any of various mosquitoes of the genus Culex, some of which carry disease

Derived terms

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱuH-ló-, see also Old Armenian սլաք (slakʿ, “roasting spit”) and Irish cuil (“mosquito”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈku.leks/, [ˈkʊ.ɫɛks]

Noun

culex m (genitive culicis); third declension

  1. gnat, midge
    • Erasmus, Adagia; 1.10.66
      Indus elephantus haud curat culicem.
      An Indian elephant does not worry about a gnat.

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative culex culicēs
genitive culicis culicum
dative culicī culicibus
accusative culicem culicēs
ablative culice culicibus
vocative culex culicēs

Derived Terms

  • culicīnus

Descendants

References

  • culex in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • culex in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • culex in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • culex in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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