exlex

English

Etymology

From Latin exlēx.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛkslˈɛks/

Noun

exlex (plural exlexes)

1. (archaic) An outlaw.
   • 1838, Edinburgh Cabinet Novels, page 121:

     The door opened, and the faces of the rough-looking exlexes were exhibited by the light of the lamp held up by Gregory, […]

Latin

Etymology

From ex- (“out of”) + lēx (“law”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈeks.leːks/, [ˈɛks̠ɫ̪eːks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈeks.leks/, [ˈɛɡzleks]

Adjective

exlēx (genitive exlēgis); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. lawless
2. outside of the law

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	exlēx			exlēgēs	exlēgia
genitive	exlēgis			exlēgium
dative	exlēgī			exlēgibus
accusative	exlēgem	exlēx		exlēgēs	exlēgia
ablative	exlēgī			exlēgibus
vocative	exlēx			exlēgēs	exlēgia

References

• “exlex”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “exlex”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• exlex in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• exlex in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.