remex

remex

English

Etymology

From Latin rēmex (rower).

Noun

remex (plural remiges)

  1. A quill.
  2. The flight feather of a bird.

Latin

Etymology

    From rēmus (oar) + agō (to set in motion) + -s (noun-forming suffix).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    rēmex m (genitive rēmigis); third declension

    1. oarsman, rower

    Declension

    Third-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative rēmex rēmigēs
    genitive rēmigis rēmigum
    dative rēmigī rēmigibus
    accusative rēmigem rēmigēs
    ablative rēmige rēmigibus
    vocative rēmex rēmigēs

    References

    • remex”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • remex”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • remex”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
      • sailors, rowers: nautae, remiges