bilix

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Latin

Etymology

Equivalent to bi- (two) +‎ līcium (thread, loop).

Pronunciation

Adjective

bilīx (genitive bilīcis); third-declension one-termination adjective

  1. having a double thread

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

Descendants

  • Old English: twilic (partial calque)

References

  • bilix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • bilix”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • bilix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • bilix”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • bilix”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin