bilanx

Latin

Etymology

bi- (“twice”) +‎ lanx (“scalepan”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈbi.lanks/, [ˈbɪɫ̪äŋks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbi.lanks/, [ˈbiːläŋks]

Adjective

bilanx (genitive bilancis); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. (of a balance) having two scales

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	bilanx			bilancēs	bilancia
genitive	bilancis			bilancium
dative	bilancī			bilancibus
accusative	bilancem	bilanx		bilancēs	bilancia
ablative	bilancī			bilancibus
vocative	bilanx			bilancēs	bilancia

References

• “bĭlanx”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Jan Frederik Niermeyer, Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus : Lexique Latin Médiéval–Français/Anglais : A Medieval Latin–French/English Dictionary, fascicle I (1976), page 98/2, “bilanx”, adj.

Noun

bilanx f (genitive bilancis); third declension

1. a balance with two scalepans

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	bilanx	bilancēs
genitive	bilancis	bilancum
dative	bilancī	bilancibus
accusative	bilancem	bilancēs
ablative	bilance	bilancibus
vocative	bilanx	bilancēs

Alternative forms

• balanca, balantia, balanx, bilanca, bilantia (all Medieval)

References

• “bilanx”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• bĭlanx in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 218/1.
• Jan Frederik Niermeyer, Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus : Lexique Latin Médiéval–Français/Anglais : A Medieval Latin–French/English Dictionary, fascicle I (1976), page 98/2, “bilanx”, subst.