calix

See also: Calix and cálix

English

Noun

calix (plural calixes or calices)

  1. Dated form of calyx.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for calix in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κάλυξ (kálux, “cup”), from κύω (kúō).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈka.liks/, [ˈka.lɪks]

Noun

calix m (genitive calicis); third declension

  1. cup, chalice
  2. cooking pot
  3. small pipe

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative calix calicēs
Genitive calicis calicum
Dative calicī calicibus
Accusative calicem calicēs
Ablative calice calicibus
Vocative calix calicēs

Descendants

References
  • calix in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • calix in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • calix in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • calix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • calix in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • calix in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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