"paelex" meaning in All languages combined

See paelex on Wiktionary

Noun [Latin]

IPA: /ˈpae̯.leks/ [Classical-Latin], [ˈpäe̯ɫ̪ɛks] [Classical-Latin], /ˈpe.leks/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈpɛːleks] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: * Usually compared to Ancient Greek παλλᾰκή (pallăkḗ, “concubine”), but phonological and other uncertainties exist. * The variant pellex shows folk-etymological connection with pelliciō (“I allure”). Etymology templates: {{cog|grc|παλλᾰκή||concubine}} Ancient Greek παλλᾰκή (pallăkḗ, “concubine”) Head templates: {{la-noun|paelex<3>|g=f}} paelex f (genitive paelicis); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|paelex<3>}} Forms: paelicis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], paelex [nominative, singular], paelicēs [nominative, plural], paelicis [genitive, singular], paelicum [genitive, plural], paelicī [dative, singular], paelicibus [dative, plural], paelicem [accusative, singular], paelicēs [accusative, plural], paelice [ablative, singular], paelicibus [ablative, plural], paelex [singular, vocative], paelicēs [plural, vocative], pēlex [alternative], pellex [alternative]
  1. concubine of a married man, mistress Tags: declension-3, feminine Synonyms: amīca, pallaca, concubīna
    Sense id: en-paelex-la-noun-Xp1aUnon Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 74 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 70 30 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 85 15
  2. male prostitute Tags: declension-3, feminine
    Sense id: en-paelex-la-noun-~D0H34mc Categories (other): Latin feminine nouns in the third declension, Male people, Prostitution Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the third declension: 34 66 Disambiguation of Male people: 10 90 Disambiguation of Prostitution: 20 80
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: pēlicātus

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "pēlicātus"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "παλλᾰκή",
        "3": "",
        "4": "concubine"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek παλλᾰκή (pallăkḗ, “concubine”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "* Usually compared to Ancient Greek παλλᾰκή (pallăkḗ, “concubine”), but phonological and other uncertainties exist.\n* The variant pellex shows folk-etymological connection with pelliciō (“I allure”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "paelicis",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paelex",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paelicēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paelicis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paelicum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paelicī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paelicibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paelicem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paelicēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paelice",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paelicibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paelex",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paelicēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pēlex",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pellex",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "paelex<3>",
        "g": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "paelex f (genitive paelicis); third declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "paelex<3>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "74 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "70 30",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "85 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "concubine of a married man, mistress"
      ],
      "id": "en-paelex-la-noun-Xp1aUnon",
      "links": [
        [
          "concubine",
          "concubine"
        ],
        [
          "married",
          "married"
        ],
        [
          "man",
          "man"
        ],
        [
          "mistress",
          "mistress"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "amīca"
        },
        {
          "word": "pallaca"
        },
        {
          "word": "concubīna"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "34 66",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 90",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Male people",
          "orig": "la:Male people",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 80",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Prostitution",
          "orig": "la:Prostitution",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "male prostitute"
      ],
      "id": "en-paelex-la-noun-~D0H34mc",
      "links": [
        [
          "male",
          "male"
        ],
        [
          "prostitute",
          "prostitute"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpae̯.leks/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈpäe̯ɫ̪ɛks]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpe.leks/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈpɛːleks]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "paelex"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Latin 2-syllable words",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin feminine nouns",
    "Latin feminine nouns in the third declension",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Latin third declension nouns",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "la:Male people",
    "la:Prostitution"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "pēlicātus"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "παλλᾰκή",
        "3": "",
        "4": "concubine"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek παλλᾰκή (pallăkḗ, “concubine”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "* Usually compared to Ancient Greek παλλᾰκή (pallăkḗ, “concubine”), but phonological and other uncertainties exist.\n* The variant pellex shows folk-etymological connection with pelliciō (“I allure”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "paelicis",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paelex",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paelicēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paelicis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paelicum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paelicī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paelicibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paelicem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paelicēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paelice",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paelicibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paelex",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paelicēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pēlex",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pellex",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "paelex<3>",
        "g": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "paelex f (genitive paelicis); third declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "paelex<3>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "concubine of a married man, mistress"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "concubine",
          "concubine"
        ],
        [
          "married",
          "married"
        ],
        [
          "man",
          "man"
        ],
        [
          "mistress",
          "mistress"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "amīca"
        },
        {
          "word": "pallaca"
        },
        {
          "word": "concubīna"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "male prostitute"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "male",
          "male"
        ],
        [
          "prostitute",
          "prostitute"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpae̯.leks/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈpäe̯ɫ̪ɛks]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpe.leks/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈpɛːleks]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "paelex"
}

Download raw JSONL data for paelex meaning in All languages combined (3.0kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-05-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-05-01 using wiktextract (89ebc88 and e74c913). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.