celox

== Latin == === Etymology === From the root of celer (“fast”), with a suffix also found in ferōx, atrōx, vēlōx., hence probably originally an adjective. Compare Ancient Greek κέλης (kélēs, “yacht”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkɛ.ɫoːks] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃɛː.loks] === Noun === celōx f or m (genitive celōcis); third declension cutter, yacht ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== → Italian: celoce === References === “celox”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “celox”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “celox”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. celox in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung “celox”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “celox”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin