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water; (any) liquid/fluid; running/stream/spring water; juice;

5 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈɫa.tɛks]Classical-Latin[ˈlaː.teks]
  1. water

    Classical-Latin · declension-3 · masculine · poetic
  2. liquid; fluid

    Classical-Latin · declension-3 · masculine · poetic
  3. juice; oil; milk

    Classical-Latin · declension-3 · masculine · poetic
  4. springs

    Classical-Latin · declension-3 · in-plural · masculine · poetic
  5. a clear liquid believed to be a component of a humour or other bodily fluid (especially plasma and lymph)

    New-Latin · declension-3 · masculine
  6. milky liquid which exudes from a plant when cut and which coagulates on exposure to air

    New-Latin · declension-3 · masculine
Where this word comes from

Potentially a borrowing from Ancient Greek λᾰ́τᾰξ (lắtăx, “drop of wine”), reformed by analogy to other nouns in -ex. The semantic shift, however, from drop of wine to water is difficult to explain and may indicate that both words originated from a separate language. Perhaps from the same root as Proto-Celtic *latis (Old Irish laith (“liquid, beer”), Welsh llad (“beer”)) or Proto-Germanic *ladjō- (Old High German letto (“clay, loam”), Old Norse leðja (“mud, dregs”)) or from a Pre-Greek language.

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