aquilex
Latin
Etymology
From aqua (“water”) + legō (“I gather, collect”) + -s. The Late Latin variant aquilic- was introduced after aquilicium and is to be surface-analyzed as aqua + laciō (“I entice”) + -s.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈa.kʷɪ.ɫɛks]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈaː.kʷi.leks]
Noun
aquilex m (genitive aquilegis or aquilicis); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | aquilex | aquilegēs aquilicēs |
| genitive | aquilegis aquilicis |
aquilegum aquilicum |
| dative | aquilegī aquilicī |
aquilegibus aquilicibus |
| accusative | aquilegem aquilicem |
aquilegēs aquilicēs |
| ablative | aquilege aquilice |
aquilegibus aquilicibus |
| vocative | aquilex | aquilegēs aquilicēs |
References
- aquilex in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “aquilex”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- aquilex in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
- “aquilex” in volume 2, column 374, line 44 in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL Open Access), Berlin (formerly Leipzig): De Gruyter (formerly Teubner), 1900–present