noun · masculinethird declension
rēmex
rēmex m (genitive rēmigis)
Classical[ˈreː.mɛks]Ecclesiastical[ˈrɛː.meks]
Meaning
- oarsman, rower
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | rēmex | rēmigēs |
| genitive | rēmigis | rēmigum |
| dative | rēmigī | rēmigibus |
| accusative | rēmigem | rēmigēs |
| ablative | rēmige | rēmigibus |
| vocative | rēmex | rēmigēs |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- nautae, remiges
- sailors, rowers.
rēmex, ĭgis (
I. gen. plur. remigium, Symm. Ep. 4, 7), m. remus-ago, a rower, oarsman, Plaut. Poen. 5, 5. 35; id. Merc. 4, 2, 5; Cic. Div. 2, 55, 114; id. Att. 13, 21, 3; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 34, § 76; 2, 5, 33, § 86; Hor. Epod. 17, 16; Curt. 4, 5, 18.—Poet., of Charon, Sen. Herc. Fur. 557.—Of the fish that swallowed Jonah:
remige inimico, Sedul. 1, 180.—b. Remex, collect. for remiges, a bench of rowers, the oarsmen of a vessel (poet. and postAug.):
vacuos sensit sine remige portus, Verg. A. 4, 588: Velocem Mnestheus agit acri remige Pristim, id. ib. 5, 116; Prop. 3, 12 (4, 11), 34; Ov. M 6, 445; 8, 103; id. H. 3, 153; Hor. Epod. 16, 57: non remigem, non socios navalis ad classem frequentis habiturum, Liv. 37, 10, 9; Tac. A. 4, 5: remex militis officia turbabat, Curt. 4, 3, 18: milite ac remige, id. 4, 5, 18; Vell. 2, 79, 1.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
rēmex igis, m
remus+1 AG-, a rower, oarsman : in quadriremi: remiges Ulixi, H.—Sing collect., a bench of rowers, the oarsmen : vacuos sensit sine remige portūs, V.: non remigem, non socios navalīs habiturum, L.: remex militis officia turbabat, Cu.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ōder. Latin -igō Latin rēmigō Proto-Indo-European *-s Latin -s Latin rēmex From rēmigō (“to row”) + -s (noun-forming suffix).