exlex

exlex

English

Alternative forms

  • ex-lex, ex lex

Etymology

Etymology tree
Latin exlēxbor.
English exlex

    Borrowed from Latin exlēx.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈɛkslɛks/

    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

    Adjective

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

    1. lawless
    2. outside of the law

    Declension

    Third-declension one-termination adjective.

    singular plural
    masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
    nominative exlēx exlēgēs exlēgia
    genitive exlēgis exlēgium
    dative exlēgī exlēgibus
    accusative exlēgem exlēx exlēgīs
    exlēgēs     		exlēgia
    ablative exlēgī
    exlēge     		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, 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.
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