remex
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
remex (plural remiges)
- A quill.
- The flight feather of a bird.
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Latin edit
Etymology edit
From rēmus (“oar”) + agō (“set in motion”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈreː.meks/, [ˈreːmɛks̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈre.meks/, [ˈrɛːmeks]
Noun edit
rēmex m (genitive rēmigis); third declension
Declension edit
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | rēmex | rēmigēs |
Genitive | rēmigis | rēmigum |
Dative | rēmigī | rēmigibus |
Accusative | rēmigem | rēmigēs |
Ablative | rēmige | rēmigibus |
Vocative | rēmex | rēmigēs |
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References edit
- “remex”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “remex”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- remex in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- sailors, rowers: nautae, remiges
- sailors, rowers: nautae, remiges