culex
See also: Culex
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin culex (“gnat”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
culex (plural culices)
- Any of various mosquitoes of the genus Culex, some of which carry disease.
Derived terms edit
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Indo-European *ḱuH-ló-, see also Old Armenian սլաք (slakʻ, “roasting spit”), Irish cuil (“mosquito”), and Welsh cylion (“gnats”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈku.leks/, [ˈkʊɫ̪ɛks̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈku.leks/, [ˈkuːleks]
Noun edit
culex m (genitive culicis); third declension
- gnat, midge, mosquito
- Erasmus, Adagia; 1.10.66
- Indus elephantus haud curat culicem.
- An Indian elephant does not worry about a gnat.
- Indus elephantus haud curat culicem.
- Erasmus, Adagia; 1.10.66
Declension edit
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | culex | culicēs |
Genitive | culicis | culicum |
Dative | culicī | culicibus |
Accusative | culicem | culicēs |
Ablative | culice | culicibus |
Vocative | culex | culicēs |
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
References edit
- “culex”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “culex”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- culex in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “culex”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
Tetelcingo Nahuatl edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish coles (“cabbages”), plural of col (“cabbage”), from Latin caulis.
Compare Highland Puebla Nahuatl colex.
Noun edit
culex
References edit
- Brewer, Forrest, Brewer, Jean G. (1962) Vocabulario mexicano de Tetelcingo, Morelos, segunda impresión edition, México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, published 1971, page 23