culex

See also: Culex

English

A culex

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin culex (“gnat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkjuː.lɛks/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

culex (plural culices)

1. Any of various mosquitoes of the genus Culex, some of which carry disease.

Derived terms

• culicidal

Latin

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱuH-ló-, see also Old Armenian սլաք (slakʻ, “roasting spit”), Irish cuil (“mosquito”), and Welsh cylion (“gnats”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkʊ.ɫɛks]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkuː.leks]

Noun

culex m (genitive culicis); third declension

1. gnat, midge; mosquito
   • Erasmus, Adagia; 1.10.66

     Indus elephantus haud curat culicem.

     An Indian elephant does not worry about a gnat.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	culex	culicēs
genitive	culicis	culicum
dative	culicī	culicibus
accusative	culicem	culicēs
ablative	culice	culicibus
vocative	culex	culicēs

Derived terms

• *culicīnus

Descendants

• → Catalan: cúlex
• → Esperanto: kulo
• → Italian: culice
• → Hebrew: כולכית

From *culicīnus:

• >? French: cousin (“cranefly; mosquito (obsolete)”)
• Italian: cugino (archaic, regional)

Etymology 2

Noun

culex m (genitive culicis); third declension

1. alternative form of culix

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	culex	culicēs
genitive	culicis	culicum
dative	culicī	culicibus
accusative	culicem	culicēs
ablative	culice	culicibus
vocative	culex	culicēs

References

• “culex¹”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “culex²”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “culex”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “culex”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “culex”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Tetelcingo Nahuatl

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish coles (“cabbages”), plural of col (“cabbage”), from Latin caulis.

Compare Highland Puebla Nahuatl colex.

Noun

culex

1. Cabbage.

References

• Brewer, Forrest; Brewer, Jean G. (1962), Vocabulario mexicano de Tetelcingo, Morelos, segunda impresión edition, México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, published 1971, page 23