elixus

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Latin

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Etymology

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From ex- (out) +‎ *lixus (compare prōlixus); 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

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Adjective

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

  1. boiled (of meat etc.)
  2. soaked, sodden

Declension

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First/second-declension adjective.

Descendants

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

References

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  1. ^ 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

Further reading

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  • 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 Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
  • elixus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.