exlex

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English

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Etymology

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From Latin exlēx.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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exlex (plural exlexes)

  1. (archaic) An outlaw.
    • 1838, Edinburgh Cabinet Novels, page 121:
      The door opened, and the faces of the rough-looking exlexes were exhibited by the light of the lamp held up by Gregory, []

Latin

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Etymology

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From ex- (out of) + lēx (law).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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exlēx (genitive exlēgis); third-declension one-termination adjective

  1. lawless
  2. outside of the law

Declension

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Third-declension one-termination adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative exlēx exlēgēs exlēgia
Genitive exlēgis exlēgium
Dative exlēgī exlēgibus
Accusative exlēgem exlēx exlēgēs exlēgia
Ablative exlēgī exlēgibus
Vocative exlēx exlēgēs exlēgia

References

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  • exlex”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • exlex”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • exlex in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • exlex in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.