silex

See also: sílex

English

Etymology

From Latin silex.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈsaɪlɛks/

Noun

silex (plural silexes)

  1. (archaic) Flint.
  2. A finely ground relatively pure form of silicas used as a paint filler etc.
    • 1864: Fitz-Hugh Ludlow in The Atlantic
      Every little cold gust that I observed in the Colorado country had this corkscrew character ... an auger, of diameter varying from an inch to a thousand feet, capable of altering its direction so as to bore curved holes, revolving with incalculable rapidity, and armed with a cutting edge of silex.

Anagrams

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin silex.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /si.lɛks/
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Noun

silex m (plural silex)

  1. flint

Further reading

Anagrams

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsi.leks/, [ˈsɪ.ɫɛks]

Noun

silex m, f (genitive silicis); third declension

  1. pebble, stone, flint
  2. rock, crag

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative silex silicēs
genitive silicis silicum
dative silicī silicibus
accusative silicem silicēs
ablative silice silicibus
vocative silex silicēs

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • silex in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • silex in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • silex in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to pave a road: viam sternere (silice, saxo)
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