bilix

Latin

Etymology

From bi- (“two”) +‎ līcium (“thread, loop”). Equals Ancient Greek δίμιτος (dímitos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbi.liːks/, [ˈbɪlʲiːks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbi.liks/, [ˈbiːliks]

Adjective

bilīx (genitive bilīcis); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. having a double thread
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 12.374:

     dum trahitur pendetque jugīs, hunc lāta retēctum
     lancea cōnsequitur rumpitque īnfīxa bilīcem
     lōrīcam et summum dēgustat vulnere corpus.

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	bilīx			bilīcēs	bilīcia
Genitive	bilīcis			bilīcium
Dative	bilīcī			bilīcibus
Accusative	bilīcem	bilīx		bilīcēs	bilīcia
Ablative	bilīcī			bilīcibus
Vocative	bilīx			bilīcēs	bilīcia

Descendants

• Old English: twilic (partial calque)
  • English: twill

References

• “bilix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “bilix”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• bilix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “bilix”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “bilix”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin