bilanx

Latin

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁

Proto-Indo-European *dwi-

Proto-Italic *dwi-

Latin bi-

Latin lanx

Latin bilanx

From bi- (“twice”) + lanx (“scalepan”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈbɪ.ɫaŋks]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈbiː.laŋks]

Adjective

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

1. (of a balance) having two scales

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	bilanx			bilancēs	bilancia
genitive	bilancis			bilancium
dative	bilancī			bilancibus
accusative	bilancem	bilanx		bilancīs bilancēs	bilancia
ablative	bilancī bilance			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.

	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)

Descendants

Through Vulgar Latin *bilancia:

• Italo-Dalmatian:
  • Istriot: belànsa
  • Italian: bilancia, bilancio (see there for further descendants)
  • Sicilian: valanza
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: balança
  • Occitan: balança
  • Old French: balance (see there for further descendants)
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Aragonese: balanza
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: *balança
    • Galician: balanza
    • Portuguese: balança
  • Spanish: balanza
• Borrowings:
  • → Ido: balanco

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.