prolixus

Latin

Etymology

From prō- (“forward, before, in front”) +‎ *lixus (compare ēlixus); the unprefixed adjective probably descends from Proto-Indo-European *wleykʷ- (“moist, to wet”) and originally had a sense like "fluid, flowing". Cognate with lixa and liqueō.^[1]

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /proːˈlik.sus/, [proːˈlʲɪks̠ʊs̠]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /proˈlik.sus/, [proˈliksus]

Adjective

prōlixus (feminine prōlixa, neuter prōlixum, comparative prōlixior, adverb prōlixē); first/second-declension adjective

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular			Plural
Nominative	prōlixus	prōlixa	prōlixum	prōlixī	prōlixae	prōlixa
Genitive	prōlixī	prōlixae	prōlixī	prōlixōrum	prōlixārum	prōlixōrum
Dative	prōlixō	prōlixae	prōlixō	prōlixīs
Accusative	prōlixum	prōlixam	prōlixum	prōlixōs	prōlixās	prōlixa
Ablative	prōlixō	prōlixā	prōlixō	prōlixīs
Vocative	prōlixe	prōlixa	prōlixum	prōlixī	prōlixae	prōlixa

Derived terms

Descendants

English: prolix
French: prolixe
Galician: prolixo
Italian: prolisso
Portuguese: prolixo
Spanish: prolijo

References

^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “lixa”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 347