Latin edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Ancient Greek ἅλς (háls, salt).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

allēc n (genitive allēcis); third declension

  1. fish sauce

Declension edit

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative allēc allēca
Genitive allēcis allēcum
Dative allēcī allēcibus
Accusative allēc allēca
Ablative allēce allēcibus
Vocative allēc allēca

Descendants edit

  • Catalan: alatxa (via Arabic or Mozarabic)
  • Italian: alice

References edit

  • allec”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • allec in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)