supellex
Latin
editAlternative forms
edit- suppellex, (Late Latin) supellectilis, suppellectilis
Etymology
editLikely from an unattested *superlegō, from super- (“over, above”) + legō (“to gather, collect”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /suˈpel.leːks/, [s̠ʊˈpɛlːʲeːks̠] or IPA(key): /suˈpel.leks/, [s̠ʊˈpɛlːʲɛks̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /suˈpel.leks/, [suˈpɛlːeks]
Note: the root vowel is expected to have been long based on etymology.
Noun
editsupellē̆x f (genitive supellē̆ctilis); third declension
- furniture, furnishings
- outfit, paraphernalia, apparatus, tools of the trade (things necessary for a particular occcupation)
- (transferred sense, sometimes derogatory) Applied to words, sources, ideas, qualities, behaviors that a person uses as a matter of course.
Declension
editThird-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | supellē̆x | supellē̆ctilēs |
Genitive | supellē̆ctilis | supellē̆ctilum |
Dative | supellē̆ctilī | supellē̆ctilibus |
Accusative | supellē̆ctilem | supellē̆ctilēs |
Ablative | supellē̆ctile supellē̆ctilī |
supellē̆ctilibus |
Vocative | supellē̆x | supellē̆ctilēs |
The singular refers to an individual piece of furniture. The plural refers to multiple pieces.
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- “supellex” on page 2064 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)
Further reading
edit- “supellex”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “supellex”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- supellex in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.