calx

English

Etymology

From Latin calx (“lime”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kælks/

Noun

calx (plural calxes or calces)

(archaic) The substance which remains after a metal or mineral has been thoroughly burnt, seen as being the essential substance left after the expulsion of phlogiston.
(Now recognised as being) the oxide left after calcination of a metal.
calcium oxide
In the Eton College wall game, an area at the end of the field where a shy can be scored by lifting the ball against the wall with one's foot.

Translations

the substance which remains after a metal or mineral has been thoroughly burnt

Polish: popiół (pl) m

calcium oxide — see calcium oxide

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Translations to be checked

Bulgarian: окалина (okalina)
Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} kalkso

Spanish: ^{(please verify)} cal (es) f, cal viva f, óxido de calcio m

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /kalks/, [kaɫks]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kalks/

Etymology 1

Possibly from Ancient Greek χάλιξ (khálix, “pebble”).

Noun

calx f (genitive calcis); third declension

Declension

Third declension i-stem.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	calx	calcēs
Genitive	calcis	calcium
Dative	calcī	calcibus
Accusative	calcem	calcēs
Ablative	calce	calcibus
Vocative	calx	calcēs

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

→ Albanian: gëlqë
Asturian: cal
Catalan: calç
→ Cornish: calh
Corsican: calce
→ English: calx
Extremaduran: cal
→ Dutch: kalk
→ Old English: ċealc
- English: chalk
French: chaux
Galician: cal, calcio
→ German: Kalk
→ Irish: cailc
Italian: calce, calcio
Leonese: cal
Mirandese: cal
Occitan: calç, cauç
Portuguese: cal, cálcio
Romanian: calce
→ Scottish Gaelic: cailc
Spanish: cal
→ Welsh: calch

Etymology 2

Of uncertain origin, with possibilities including:

An extension of the Proto-Indo-European root *(s)kel- (“to bend”).
Etruscan origin
From Proto-Indo-European *klHk(ᵂ)-(n)-, related to Serbo-Croatian kuk (“thigh, hip”), Bulgarian кълка (kǎlka, “hip”), Russian колк (kolk, “bony stump”), Latvian kulksnis (“hock”), Lithuanian kulksnis (“ankle”), Old Prussian culczi (“hip”)

Noun

calx f (genitive calcis); third declension

(anatomy) heel (of the foot)

Declension

Third declension i-stem.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	calx	calcēs
Genitive	calcis	calcium
Dative	calcī	calcibus
Accusative	calcem	calcēs
Ablative	calce	calcibus
Vocative	calx	calcēs

Synonyms

(heel): tālus

Derived terms

Descendants

Galician: couce
→ Old English: calcatrippe
- English: caltrop
Portuguese: coice
Spanish: calce

References

(limestone) calx in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
(heel) calx in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
calx in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
calx in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
calx in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill

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