elix

English

Verb

elix (third-person singular simple present elixes, present participle elixing, simple past and past participle elixed)

  1. To draw out or extract.

References

  • elix in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From ē- +‎ lax.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈeː.liks/, [ˈeː.lɪks]

Noun

ēlix f (genitive ēlicis); third declension

  1. drainage ditch

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative ēlix ēlicēs
genitive ēlicis ēlicum
dative ēlicī ēlicibus
accusative ēlicem ēlicēs
ablative ēlice ēlicibus
vocative ēlix ēlicēs

References

  1. ↑ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “laciō, -ere”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 321-322
  • elix in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • elix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • elix in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • elix in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
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