allex

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈal.leks/, [ˈälːʲɛks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈal.leks/, [ˈälːeks]

Noun

allex m (genitive allicis); third declension

1. (hapax) the big toe
   • c. 194 BCE, Plautus, Poenulus 5.5.31, (By 'big toe of a man' the character is called short):

     […] tūne hīc amātor audēs esse, allex virī […]

     […] do you dare to be the lover here, you big toe of a man […]

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	allex	allicēs
Genitive	allicis	allicum
Dative	allicī	allicibus
Accusative	allicem	allicēs
Ablative	allice	allicibus
Vocative	allex	allicēs

See also

• pollex

References

• “allex”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• allex in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.