lanx
English
Etymology
Latin lanx
Noun
lanx (plural lances)
- A platter or dish for serving food in Ancient Rome.
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *li-, *lAy-, *elAy-, *el- (“to bend”)[1]. Compare Latin licinus (“bent upward”), luxus (“dislocated”) and Ancient Greek λέκος (lékos, “dish, pan”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /lanks/, [ɫaŋks]
Noun
lanx f (genitive lancis); third declension
- dish, platter, plate
- scalepan
Declension
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | lanx | lancēs |
| Genitive | lancis | lancum |
| Dative | lancī | lancibus |
| Accusative | lancem | lancēs |
| Ablative | lance | lancibus |
| Vocative | lanx | lancēs |
Derived terms
- bilanx
References
- lanx in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- lanx in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- lanx in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- lanx in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- lanx in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
- Pokorny, Julius (1959), “ĕl-ĕq-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume I, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 308-309