implexus

== Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɪmˈpɫɛk.sʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [imˈplɛk.sus] === Etymology 1 === Perfect passive participle of implectō (“intertwine”). ==== Participle ==== implexus (feminine implexa, neuter implexum); first/second-declension participle perfect passive participle of implectō involved entwined ===== Declension ===== First/second-declension adjective. ===== Descendants ===== English: implex French: implexe === Etymology 2 === From implectō (“intertwine”) + -tus (action noun suffix). ==== Noun ==== implexus m (genitive implexūs); fourth declension an embrace, an act of entwining ===== Declension ===== Fourth-declension noun. === References === “implexus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “implexus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “implexus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.