lixa

Galician

Verb

lixa

1. inflection of lixar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Latin

Etymology 1

Probably the feminine of an adjective *lixus (“fluid”), cognate to ēlixus, prōlixus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wleykʷ- (“fluid, wet”) and so cognate to liqueō.

Alternative forms

• lix

Pronunciation

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

Noun

lixa m (genitive lixae); first declension (attested only in glosses)

1. water
2. lye
   • Nonius Marcellus, De compendiosa doctrina 62.11:

     Lixarum proprietas haec est, quod officium sustineant militibus aquae vehendae; lixam namque aquam veteres vocaverunt; unde elixum dicimus aqua coctum. Lix[a] etiam cinis dicitur vel umor cineri mixtus; nam etiamnunc id genus lexivum vocatur. Varro de Vita Populi Romani lib. I: 'proinde ut elixum panem ex farre et aqua frigida fingebant'.

     The particular quality of lixae is this, to bear the duty of carrying water for the soldiers, for the ancients called water "lixa"; whence we say "elixus", meaning cooked with water. Ash or liquid mixed with ash is also called "lix[a]"; for even now that type is called lexivus. Varro de Vita Populi Romani Book I: "therefore they made soaked/boiled bread from emmer and cold water"

Usage notes

Since manuscripts of Nonius read "lix etiam cinis...", some dictionaries treat lix (“lye”) as a distinct noun: however, Lindsay 1891, citing Onions, argues that "lix etiam" is merely a corruption of "lixaetiam", i.e. "lixa etiam".

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

• lixīvus, lixīvius
• lixula (maybe)

Etymology 2

Unknown. Maybe related to linquō; otherwise potentially a substrate or foreign word.

Noun

lixa m (genitive lixae); first declension

1. (military) sutler, camp follower, attendant

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

Further reading

• “lixa” on page 1141 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)
• “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.

Oromo

Noun

lixa

1. west

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈli.ʃɐ/

• Hyphenation: li‧xa

Etymology 1

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

Noun

lixa f (plural lixas)

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

Etymology 2

Verb

lixa

1. inflection of lixar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative