famex

== Latin == === Alternative forms === fāmix === Etymology === Uncertain; proposed derivations include: From Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-mo-, whence also Ancient Greek θλάσμα (thlásma, “contusion”), σμῶδιξ (smôdix, “weal”). From Proto-Indo-European *bʰHt-. Cognates include fatuus (“silly, stupid”) and battuō (“to strike, beat”). From a Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₂-mik-s-, whence also Ancient Greek θάμιξ (thámix, “fox”), θῶμιγξ (thôminx, “string”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈfaː.mɛks] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈfaː.meks] === Noun === fāmex f (genitive fāmicis); third declension (pathology) A bruise, contusion ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. === References === “famex”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “famex”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.