Noun: culex
Hyphenation:
Gender: Masculine
Declension: Third
Nominative
| Singular | culex |
| Plural | culicēs |
Genitive
| Singular | culicis |
| Plural | culicum |
Dative
| Singular | culicī |
| Plural | culicibus |
Accusative
| Singular | culicem |
| Plural | culicēs |
Ablative
| Singular | culice |
| Plural | culicibus |
Vocative
| Singular | culex |
| Plural | culicēs |
Sample Sentences
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Indus elephantus haud curat culicem. (An Indian elephant does not worry about a gnat.) [Erasmus, Adagia; 1.10.66]
Nouns inflected like culex
pannifex,
dapifex,
organifex,
pānifex,
Sirex,
complex,
signifex,
carnifex,
ō̆bex,
suffrutex,
aedifex,
iūdex,
latex,
jūdex,
culex,
index,
fāmex,
illex,
objex,
offex, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ḱuH-ló-, see also Old Armenian սլաք (slakʻ, “roasting spit”), Irish cuil (“mosquito”), and Welsh cylion (“gnats”).
Verbs referencing "culex"
Irish Nouns
cuil, Catalan Nouns
cúlex.
Translations