celox
Latin
Etymology
From the root of celer (“fast”), with a suffix also found in ferōx, atrōx, vēlōx., hence probably originally an adjective. Compare Ancient Greek κέλης (kélēs, “yacht”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkɛ.ɫoːks]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃɛː.loks]
Noun
celōx f or m (genitive celōcis); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | celōx | celōcēs |
| genitive | celōcis | celōcum |
| dative | celōcī | celōcibus |
| accusative | celōcem | celōcēs |
| ablative | celōce | celōcibus |
| vocative | celōx | celōcēs |
Descendants
- → Italian: celoce
References
- “celox”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “celox”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- celox in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- celox in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
- “celox”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “celox”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin