limax

See also: Limax

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek λεῖμαξ (leîmax).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈliː.maːks/

Noun

līmāx f (genitive līmācis); third declension

slug, snail

Inflection

Third declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	līmāx	līmācēs
genitive	līmācis	līmācum
dative	līmācī	līmācibus
accusative	līmācem	līmācēs
ablative	līmāce	līmācibus
vocative	līmāx	līmācēs

Descendants

Asturian: llimaz, llimiagu
Catalan: llimac
French: limace
Galician: limaco, lesma
Italian: limaccia, lumaca
Norman: lînmache

Occitan: limauc
Portuguese: lesma
Sicilian: limaccia
Spanish: limaza, limaco, lumiaco
Venetian: łimega‎‎

References

limax in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
limax in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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