elixus

Latin

Etymology

From lix (“water, lye”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /eːˈlik.sus/, [eːˈlʲɪks̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eˈlik.sus/, [eˈliksus]

Adjective

ēlixus (feminine ēlixa, neuter ēlixum); first/second-declension adjective

1. boiled (of meat etc)
2. soaked, sodden
3. drunk, soused, plastered

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ēlixus	ēlixa	ēlixum		ēlixī	ēlixae	ēlixa
Genitive	ēlixī	ēlixae	ēlixī		ēlixōrum	ēlixārum	ēlixōrum
Dative	ēlixō		ēlixō		ēlixīs
Accusative	ēlixum	ēlixam	ēlixum		ēlixōs	ēlixās	ēlixa
Ablative	ēlixō	ēlixā	ēlixō		ēlixīs
Vocative	ēlixe	ēlixa	ēlixum		ēlixī	ēlixae	ēlixa

Descendants

• Friulian: lès
• Italian: lesso
• Venetian: leso, les, lese

References

• “elixus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “elixus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• elixus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.