celox

Latin

Etymology

From the root of celer (“fast”), with a suffix also found in ferōx, atrōx, vēlōx., hence probably originally an adjective. Compare Ancient Greek κέλης (kélēs, “yacht”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈke.loːks/, [ˈkɛɫ̪oːks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃe.loks/, [ˈt͡ʃɛːloks]

Noun

celōx f or m (genitive celōcis); third declension

1. cutter, yacht

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	celōx	celōcēs
Genitive	celōcis	celōcum
Dative	celōcī	celōcibus
Accusative	celōcem	celōcēs
Ablative	celōce	celōcibus
Vocative	celōx	celōcēs

Descendants

• → Italian: celoce

References

• “celox”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “celox”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• celox in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• celox in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
• “celox”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “celox”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin