implexus

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /imˈplek.sus/, [ɪmˈpɫ̪ɛks̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /imˈplek.sus/, [imˈplɛksus]

Etymology 1

Perfect passive participle of implectō (“intertwine”).

Participle

implexus (feminine implexa, neuter implexum); first/second-declension participle

1. perfect passive participle of implectō
   1. involved
   2. entwined

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	implexus	implexa	implexum		implexī	implexae	implexa
genitive	implexī	implexae	implexī		implexōrum	implexārum	implexōrum
dative	implexō	implexae	implexō		implexīs
accusative	implexum	implexam	implexum		implexōs	implexās	implexa
ablative	implexō	implexā	implexō		implexīs
vocative	implexe	implexa	implexum		implexī	implexae	implexa

Descendants

• English: implex
• French: implexe

Etymology 2

From implectō (“intertwine”) +‎ -tus (action noun suffix).

Noun

implexus m (genitive implexūs); fourth declension

1. an embrace, an act of entwining

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	implexus	implexūs
genitive	implexūs	implexuum
dative	implexuī	implexibus
accusative	implexum	implexūs
ablative	implexū	implexibus
vocative	implexus	implexūs

References

• “implexus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “implexus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• implexus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.