lixula

Latin

Etymology

Possibly from lixa +‎ -ula. Nonius claims that lixa was an archaic term for water. The term may be related to the aforementioned ancient Latin term, with a diminutive suffix. Another possibility is that it is connected to ēlixus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈlik.su.la/, [ˈlʲɪks̠ʊɫ̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈlik.su.la/, [ˈliksulä]

Noun

lixula f (genitive lixulae); first declension

1. round pancake made of flour, cheese and water
   • 116 BCE – 27 BCE, Marcus Terentius Varro, De Lingua Latina 106-107:

     Circuli, quod mixta farina et caseo et aqua circuitum aequabiliter fundebant. Hos quidam qui magis incondite faciebant uocabant lixulas et similixulas uocabulo Sabino: quae frequentia Sabinis.

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Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	lixula	lixulae
genitive	lixulae	lixulārum
dative	lixulae	lixulīs
accusative	lixulam	lixulās
ablative	lixulā	lixulīs
vocative	lixula	lixulae

Usage notes

The term was likely used in the dialect of Latin spoken by the Sabines. Varro claims that this term was Sabine, although it is unlikely that Varro was referring to the pre-Roman Sabines; instead, he may have been describing a contemporary Sabine dialect.

Related terms

• similixula

References

• Annie Cecilia Burman (2018 March 24) De Lingua Sabina: A Reappraisal of the Sabine Glosses‎^[1], →DOI, page 49
• “lixulae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• lixulae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1938) “lixula”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 817