Belex

Latin

Etymology

Perhaps from Aquitanian, from Proto-Basque *beletz. Compare Basque beltz.

Proper noun

Belex m sg (genitive Belicis); third declension

1. an Aquitanian name
   • c. 1st-3rd centuries CE, Inscription from Cardeilhac:

     ARPENINO DEO BELEX BELEXCONIS F[ilius] V[otum] S[olvit] L[ibens] M[erito]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Belex
genitive	Belicis
dative	Belicī
accusative	Belicem
ablative	Belice
vocative	Belex

References

• R. L. Trask (2008), “beltz”, in Max W. Wheeler, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Basque, University of Sussex, page 134