lix

See also: LIX

Latin

Noun

lix

1. (dubious) Alternative form of lixa (“lye; water”).
   • Nonius Marcellus, De compendiosa doctrina 62.11:

     Lixarum proprietas haec est, quod officium sustineant militibus aquae vehendae; lixam namque aquam veteres vocaverunt; unde elixum dicimus aqua coctum. Lix[a] etiam cinis dicitur vel umor cineri mixtus; nam etiamnunc id genus lexivum vocatur.

Usage notes

Lindsay 1891, citing Onions, argues that the manuscripts' "lix etiam" is merely a corruption of "lixaetiam", i.e. "lixa etiam".

Further reading

• “lix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Somali

Somali cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : lix     Ordinal : lixaad

Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Burji liya, Hadiyya loho, Oromo ja'a and Sidamo lee.

Numeral

lix

1. six

Swedish

Adverb

lix

1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Clipping of liksom (“kind of, sort of”).