supellex

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Likely from an unattested *superlegō, from super- (over, above) + legō (to gather, collect).

Pronunciation

Note: the root vowel is expected to have been long based on etymology.

Noun

supellē̆x f (genitive supellē̆ctilis); third declension

  1. furniture, furnishings
    1. utensils, tableware
  2. outfit, paraphernalia, apparatus, tools of the trade (things necessary for a particular occcupation)
    1. (transferred sense, sometimes derogatory) Applied to words, sources, ideas, qualities, behaviors that a person uses as a matter of course.

Declension

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Derived terms

  • supellē̆ctilārius, supellē̆cticārius

References

Further reading

  • supellex”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • supellex”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • supellex in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
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