supellex

Latin

Alternative forms

• suppellex, (Late Latin) supellectilis, suppellectilis

Etymology

Likely from an unattested *superlegō, from super- (“over, above”) +‎ legō (“to gather, collect”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /suˈpel.leːks/, [s̠ʊˈpɛlːʲeːks̠] or IPA^(key): /suˈpel.leks/, [s̠ʊˈpɛlːʲɛks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /suˈpel.leks/, [suˈpɛlːeks]

Note: the root vowel is expected to have been long based on etymology.

Noun

supellē̆x f (genitive supellē̆ctilis); third declension

1. furniture, furnishings
   1. utensils, tableware
2. outfit, paraphernalia, apparatus, tools of the trade (things necessary for a particular occupation)
   1. (transferred sense, sometimes derogatory) Applied to words, sources, ideas, qualities, behaviors that a person uses as a matter of course.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	supellē̆x	supellē̆ctilēs
genitive	supellē̆ctilis	supellē̆ctilum
dative	supellē̆ctilī	supellē̆ctilibus
accusative	supellē̆ctilem	supellē̆ctilēs
ablative	supellē̆ctile supellē̆ctilī	supellē̆ctilibus
vocative	supellē̆x	supellē̆ctilēs

The singular refers to an individual piece of furniture. The plural refers to multiple pieces.

Derived terms

• supellē̆ctilārius, supellē̆cticārius

References

• “supellex” on page 2064 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)

Further reading

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