allec

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Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek ἅλς (háls, salt).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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allēc n (genitive allēcis); third declension

  1. fish sauce

Declension

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Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative allēc allēca
Genitive allēcis allēcum
Dative allēcī allēcibus
Accusative allēc allēca
Ablative allēce allēcibus
Vocative allēc allēca

Descendants

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  • Catalan: alatxa
  • Italian: alice, alaccia, laccia
  • Arabic: لَاج (lāj)

References

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  • allec”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • allec in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)