bilanx

Latin

Etymology

bi- (“twice”) +‎ lanx (“scalepan”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbi.lanks/, [ˈbɪɫ̪äŋks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbi.lanks/, [ˈbiːläŋks]

Adjective

bilanx (genitive bilancis); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. (of a balance) having two scales

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	bilanx			bilancēs	bilancia
Genitive	bilancis			bilancium
Dative	bilancī			bilancibus
Accusative	bilancem	bilanx		bilancēs	bilancia
Ablative	bilancī			bilancibus
Vocative	bilanx			bilancēs	bilancia

References

• “bĭlanx”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Jan Frederik Niermeyer, Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus : Lexique Latin Médiéval–Français/Anglais : A Medieval Latin–French/English Dictionary, fascicle I (1976), page 98/2, “bilanx”, adj.

Noun

bilanx f (genitive bilancis); third declension

1. a balance with two scalepans

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	bilanx	bilancēs
Genitive	bilancis	bilancum
Dative	bilancī	bilancibus
Accusative	bilancem	bilancēs
Ablative	bilance	bilancibus
Vocative	bilanx	bilancēs

Alternative forms

• balanca, balantia, balanx, bilanca, bilantia (all Medieval)

References

• “bilanx”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• bĭlanx in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 218/1.
• Jan Frederik Niermeyer, Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus : Lexique Latin Médiéval–Français/Anglais : A Medieval Latin–French/English Dictionary, fascicle I (1976), page 98/2, “bilanx”, subst.