allex

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈal.leks/, [ˈälːʲɛks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈal.leks/, [ˈälːeks]

Noun

allex m (genitive allicis); third declension

1. (hapax) the big toe
   • c. 194 BCE, Plautus, Poenulus 5.5.31, (By 'big toe of a man' the character is called short):

     […] tūne hīc amātor audēs esse, allex virī […]

     […] do you dare to be the lover here, you big toe of a man […]

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	allex	allicēs
genitive	allicis	allicum
dative	allicī	allicibus
accusative	allicem	allicēs
ablative	allice	allicibus
vocative	allex	allicēs

See also

• pollex

References

• “allex”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• allex in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.