remex

English

Etymology

From Latin rēmex (“rower”).

Noun

remex (plural remiges)

1. A quill.
2. The flight feather of a bird.

Related terms

• remicle

Latin

Etymology

From rēmus (“oar”) +‎ agō (“to set in motion”) +‎ -s (noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈreː.mɛks]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈrɛː.meks]

Noun

rēmex m (genitive rēmigis); third declension

1. oarsman, rower

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	rēmex	rēmigēs
genitive	rēmigis	rēmigum
dative	rēmigī	rēmigibus
accusative	rēmigem	rēmigēs
ablative	rēmige	rēmigibus
vocative	rēmex	rēmigēs

Related terms

• rēmigātiō
• rēmigium
• rēmigō

References

• “remex”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “remex”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “remex”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • sailors, rowers: nautae, remiges