adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
lixīvus
lixīvus (feminine lixīva, neuter lixīvum)
Classical[lɪkˈsiː.wʊs]Ecclesiastical[likˈsiː.vus]
Meaning
- adjectivemade into lye
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | lixīvus lixīvius | lixīva lixīvia | lixīvum lixīvium |
| genitive | lixīvī lixīviī | lixīvae lixīviae | lixīvī lixīviī |
| dative | lixīvō lixīviō | lixīvae lixīviae | lixīvō lixīviō |
| accusative | lixīvum lixīvium | lixīvam lixīviam | lixīvum lixīvium |
| ablative | lixīvō lixīviō | lixīvā lixīviā | lixīvō lixīviō |
| vocative | lixīve lixīvie | lixīva lixīvia | lixīvum lixīvium |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | lixīvī lixīviī | lixīvae lixīviae | lixīva lixīvia |
| genitive | lixīvōrum lixīviōrum | lixīvārum lixīviārum | lixīvōrum lixīviōrum |
| dative | lixīvīs lixīviīs | lixīvīs lixīviīs | lixīvīs lixīviīs |
| accusative | lixīvōs lixīviōs | lixīvās lixīviās | lixīva lixīvia |
| ablative | lixīvīs lixīviīs | lixīvīs lixīviīs | lixīvīs lixīviīs |
| vocative | lixīvī lixīviī | lixīvae lixīviae | lixīva lixīvia |
lixīvus, a, um, adj. id.,
I. made into lye:
cinis lixiva, Scrib. Larg. 216; 230; Varr. ap. Plin. 36, 27, 69, § 202; 15, 17, 18, § 67: mustum lixivum, the must which flows from the grapes before they are pressed, Cato, R. R. 23.—II. Subst.: lixīvum, i, n., lye, Pall. 2, 15, 18; and so perh. Col. 12, 50, 11.
Origins
From lixa (“lye, lye ashes”) + -īvus.
Insular Romance
- Sardinianlessía
- Sardinianléssia
- Sardinianliscia
- Sardinianlíscia
- Sardinianlissa
- Sardinianlissia
- Sardinianlíssia
- Sardinianlíssiba
Borrowings
- Englishlixivium
- Englishlixivial
- Portugueselixívia
- Galicianlixivia
Italo-Dalmatian
- Italianliscivia
- Italianlisciva
- Neapolitanlessija
- Neapolitanlessìa
- Malteselissijafrom Sicilian lissìa
- Albanianalisivëfrom Venetan lisiva
- Greekαλισίβαfrom Venetan lisiva
Southern Gallo-Romance
- Catalanlleixiu
- Occitanlessiu
- Gasconleishivafrom Occitan lessiu
- Gasconleishiufrom Occitan lessiu
- Gasconlishiufrom Occitan lessiu
- Limousinlessivafrom Occitan lessiu
- Provençalleissiufrom Occitan lessiu
- Provençallissiufrom Occitan lessiu
- Vivaro-Alpineleissiufrom Occitan lessiu
Ibero-Romance
- Spanishlejía
- Spanishlejío
- Ansotanolexiva
- Belsetánlixiva
- Belsetánleixiva
- Benasquéslleixiga
- Chesolexiva
- Chistabínleixiva
- Tensinolexía
Balkano-Romance
- Romanianleșie
- Aromanianalsivã
Northern Gallo-Romance
- Frenchlessivefrom Old French lessif
- Franco-Provençalléssiu
Rhaeto-Romance
- Friulianlissie
Gallo-Italic
- Lombardlissia
- Lombardlíssia
- Piedmonteselëssia
- Piedmonteselsia
- Piedmontesealsia
- Piedmonteselissia
- Piedmontesersia
In English words that came into English from lixīvus
- lixiviatelixivio
- lixiviumlixivium
- lixiviallixivius