paelex

== Latin == === Alternative forms === pēlex pellex === Etymology === Usually compared to Ancient Greek παλλᾰκή (pallăkḗ, “concubine”), but phonological and other uncertainties exist. The variant pellex shows folk-etymological connection with pelliciō (“to allure”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈpae̯.ɫɛks] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈpɛː.leks] === Noun === paelex f (genitive paelicis); third declension concubine of a married man, mistress Synonyms: amīca, pallaca, concubīna male prostitute ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== pēlicātus === References === “paelex”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “paelex”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “paelex”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.