pellax

Latin

Etymology

For unattested pellex, from pelliciō +‎ -s (confer illex from illiciō), with replacement of -ex by the suffix -āx (“inclined to”) after fallāx with a similar meaning.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpel.laːks/, [ˈpɛlːʲäːks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpel.laks/, [ˈpɛlːäks]

Adjective

pellāx (genitive pellācis, adverb pellāciter); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. deceitful, deceptive

   Synonym: fallāx

   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 2.90:

     [...] invidiā postquam pellācis Ulixī
     (haud ignōta loquor) superīs concessit ab ōrīs,
     adflīctus vītam in tenebrīs lūctūque trahēbam
     et cāsum insontis mēcum indignābar amīcī.

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	pellāx			pellācēs	pellācia
genitive	pellācis			pellācium
dative	pellācī			pellācibus
accusative	pellācem	pellāx		pellācēs	pellācia
ablative	pellācī			pellācibus
vocative	pellāx			pellācēs	pellācia

Derived terms

• pellācia

References

• “pellax”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• pellax in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• pellax in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung