pellex

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpɛl.lɛks]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈpɛl.leks]

Noun

pellex f (genitive pellicis); third declension

1. alternative form of paelex (“concubine", "mistress”)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	pellex	pellicēs
genitive	pellicis	pellicum
dative	pellicī	pellicibus
accusative	pellicem	pellicēs
ablative	pellice	pellicibus
vocative	pellex	pellicēs

References

• “pellex”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “pellex”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “pellex”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “pellex”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin