lixivus

Latin

Etymology

From lixa (“lye, lye ashes”) +‎ -īvus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /likˈsiː.u̯us/, [lʲɪkˈs̠iːu̯ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /likˈsi.vus/, [likˈsiːvus]

Adjective

lixīvus (feminine lixīva, neuter lixīvum); first/second-declension adjective

1. made into lye

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	lixīvus	lixīva	lixīvum		lixīvī	lixīvae	lixīva
Genitive	lixīvī	lixīvae	lixīvī		lixīvōrum	lixīvārum	lixīvōrum
Dative	lixīvō		lixīvō		lixīvīs
Accusative	lixīvum	lixīvam	lixīvum		lixīvōs	lixīvās	lixīva
Ablative	lixīvō	lixīvā	lixīvō		lixīvīs
Vocative	lixīve	lixīva	lixīvum		lixīvī	lixīvae	lixīva

Derived terms

• lixīva
• lixīvia
• lixīvius

Descendants

• Balkan Romance:
  • Aromanian: alsivã
  • Romanian: leșie
• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: liscivia, lisciva
  • Neapolitan: lessija, lessìa
  • Sicilian: liscìa, lissiva; lissìa; lisìa
    • → Maltese: lissija
• Padanian:
  • Friulian: lissie
  • Lombard: lissia, líssia
  • Piedmontese: lëssia, lsia, alsia, lissia, rsia
  • Venetian: lisiva
    • → Albanian: alisivë
    • → Greek: αλισίβα (alisíva)
• Northern Gallo-Romance:
  • Franco-Provençal: léssiu
  • Old French: lessif, lissive
    • French: lessive
• Southern Gallo-Romance:
  • Aragonese:

    Ansotano: lexiva

    Belsetán: lixiva, leixiva

    Benasqués: lleixiga

    Cheso: lexiva

    Chistabín: leixiva

    Tensino: lexía

  • Catalan: lleixiu
  • Occitan: lessiu (most dialects)

    Gascon: leishiva, leishiu, lishiu

    Limousin: lessiva

    Provençal: leissiu, lissiu

    Vivaro-Alpine: leissiu

• Ibero-Romance:
  • Galician: lixivia
  • Portuguese: lixívia
  • Spanish: lejía, lejío
• Insular Romance:
  • Sardinian: lessía, léssia, liscia, líscia, lissa, lissia, líssia, líssiba
• Borrowings:
  • → English: lixivium, lixivial

References

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