adjectivethird-declension one-termination adjective
pellāx
pellāx (genitive pellācis, adverb pellāciter)
Classical[ˈpɛl.laːks]Ecclesiastical[ˈpɛl.laks]
Meaning
- one terminationdeceitful, deceptive
[...] invidiā postquam pellācis Ulixī (haud ignōta loquor) superīs concessit ab ōrīs, adflīctus vītam in tenebrīs lūctūque trahēbam
29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 2.90
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | pellāx | pellāx | pellāx |
| genitive | pellācis | pellācis | pellācis |
| dative | pellācī | pellācī | pellācī |
| accusative | pellācem | pellācem | pellāx |
| ablative | pellācī pellāce | pellācī pellāce | pellācī pellāce |
| vocative | pellāx | pellāx | pellāx |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | pellācēs | pellācēs | pellācia |
| genitive | pellācium | pellācium | pellācium |
| dative | pellācibus | pellācibus | pellācibus |
| accusative | pellācīs pellācēs | pellācīs pellācēs | pellācia |
| ablative | pellācibus | pellācibus | pellācibus |
| vocative | pellācēs | pellācēs | pellācia |
pellax, ācis, adj. pellicio, = ποικιλομήτης,
I. seductive, deceitful (poet. and postclass.; cf.: fallax, falsus): invidia pellacis Ulixi, * Verg. A. 2, 90:
Juppiter, Arn. 5, 188.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
pellāx ācis, adj.
per+1 LAC-, seductive, deceitful : Ulixes, V.
Origins
For unattested pellex, from pelliciō + -s (confer illex from illiciō), with replacement of -ex by the suffix -āx (“inclined to”) after fallāx with a similar meaning.