lixa

Latin

Etymology

According to L&S, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *leykʷ- and so related to linquō. This word is only mentioned by De Vaan in a different sense.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈlik.sa/, [ˈlʲɪks̠ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈlik.sa/, [ˈliksä]

Noun

lixa m (genitive lixae); first declension

1. (military) sutler, camp follower

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	lixa	lixae
Genitive	lixae	lixārum
Dative	lixae	lixīs
Accusative	lixam	lixās
Ablative	lixā	lixīs
Vocative	lixa	lixae

Derived terms

• lixābundus

References

• “lixa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “lixa”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• lixa 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)
• lixa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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Portuguese

Etymology

Unknown. Possibly related with Spanish lijar (“to sand”) or Italian lisciare (“to smooth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈli.ʃɐ/
• Hyphenation: li‧xa

Noun

lixa f (plural s)

1. sandpaper (paper coated with abrasive material)
2. nail file (small file used to file fingernails and toenails)
3. any dogfish shark characterised by rough skin

Descendants

• Hunsrik: Lisch

Verb

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