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See also: Culex
English
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Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin culex (“gnat”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]culex (plural culices)
- Any of various mosquitoes of the genus Culex, some of which carry disease.
Derived terms
[edit]Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *ḱuH-ló-, see also Old Armenian սլաք (slakʻ, “roasting spit”), Irish cuil (“mosquito”), and Welsh cylion (“gnats”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈku.leks/, [ˈkʊɫ̪ɛks̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈku.leks/, [ˈkuːleks]
Noun
[edit]culex m (genitive culicis); third declension
- gnat, midge, mosquito
- Erasmus, Adagia; 1.10.66
- Indus elephantus haud curat culicem.
- An Indian elephant does not worry about a gnat.
- Indus elephantus haud curat culicem.
- Erasmus, Adagia; 1.10.66
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | culex | culicēs |
Genitive | culicis | culicum |
Dative | culicī | culicibus |
Accusative | culicem | culicēs |
Ablative | culice | culicibus |
Vocative | culex | culicēs |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “culex”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “culex”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- culex in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “culex”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
Tetelcingo Nahuatl
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Spanish coles (“cabbages”), plural of col (“cabbage”), from Latin caulis.
Compare Highland Puebla Nahuatl colex.
Noun
[edit]culex
References
[edit]- Brewer, Forrest, Brewer, Jean G. (1962) Vocabulario mexicano de Tetelcingo, Morelos, segunda impresión edition, México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, published 1971, page 23
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