exlex

English

Etymology

Latin exlēx

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛkslˈɛks/

Noun

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

Etymology

From ex- (“out of”) + lēx (“law”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈeks.leːks/, [ˈɛks̠ɫ̪eːks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈeks.leks/, [ˈɛɡzleks]

Adjective

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

1. lawless
2. outside of the law

Declension

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

• “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.