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LNS

ēlixus, ēlixa, ēlixum

lix

adjective (2-1-2)

thoroughly boiled, boiled, seethed
soaked, wet through

Abbreviations

ē-lixus, a, um, adj., lix, thoroughly boiled, boiled, seethed. Lit., Varr. ap. Non. 62, 14; Plin. 20, 6, 23, § 54; Hor. S. 2, 2, 74; Juv. 3, 294; 13, 85; cf. the punning use of the word, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 67; id. Most. 5, 1, 66.

— Transf., qs. sodden, i. e., soaked, wet through: calcei, Varr. ap. Non. 48, 27: balneator, Mart. 3, 7: nates, i. e. quite flabby after the bath, Pers. 4, 40.