celox

Latin

Etymology

From the root of celer (“fast”), with a suffix also found in ferōx, atrōx, vēlōx., hence probably originally an adjective. Compare Ancient Greek κέλης (kélēs, “yacht”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkɛ.ɫoːks]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃɛː.loks]

Noun

celōx f or m (genitive celōcis); third declension

1. cutter, yacht

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	celōx	celōcēs
genitive	celōcis	celōcum
dative	celōcī	celōcibus
accusative	celōcem	celōcēs
ablative	celōce	celōcibus
vocative	celōx	celōcēs

Descendants

• → Italian: celoce

References

• “celox”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “celox”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “celox”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• celox in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
• “celox”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “celox”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin