supellex

• suppellex, (Late Latin) supellectilis, suppellectilis

Likely from an unattested *superlegō, from super- (“over, above”) +‎ legō (“to gather, collect”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [sʊˈpɛl.leːks], [sʊˈpɛl.lɛks]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [suˈpɛl.leks]

Note: the root vowel is expected to have been long based on etymology.

supellē̆x f (genitive supellē̆ctilis); third declension

1. furniture, furnishings
   1. utensils, tableware
2. outfit, paraphernalia, apparatus, tools of the trade (things necessary for a particular occupation)
   1. (transferred sense, sometimes derogatory) Applied to words, sources, ideas, qualities, behaviors that a person uses as a matter of course.

Third-declension noun.

The singular refers to an individual piece of furniture. The plural refers to multiple pieces.

• supellē̆ctilārius, supellē̆cticārius

• “supellex” on page 2064 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)

• “supellex”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “supellex”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• supellex in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.