prolixus

== Latin == === Etymology === From prō- (“forward, before, in front”) +‎ *lixus (compare ēlixus); the unprefixed adjective probably descends from Proto-Italic *liksos, from Proto-Indo-European *wleykʷ- (“moist, to wet”) and originally had a sense like "fluid, flowing". Cognate with lixa and liqueō. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [proːˈlɪk.sʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [proˈlik.sus] === Adjective === prōlixus (feminine prōlixa, neuter prōlixum, comparative prōlixior, adverb prōlixē); first/second-declension adjective stretched out, extended courteous favorable ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== prōlixē prōlixitās ==== Descendants ==== === References === === Further reading === “prolixus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “prolixus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “prolixus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.