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Webster 1913 Edition
Calx
Calx
,Noun.
pl. E.
Calxes
(#)
, L. Calces
(#)
. [L.
Calx
, calcis
. limestone; cf. Gr. [GREEK] gravel. [GREEK], [GREEK], pebble, Skr. [GREEK] gravel, Ir. carraic
rock Gael. carraig
, W. careg
, stone. Cf. Chalk
.] 1.
(Chem.)
(a)
Quicklime.
[Obs.]
(b)
The substance which remains when a metal or mineral has been subjected to calcination or combustion by heat, and which is, or may be, reduced to a fine powder.
☞ Metallic calxes are now called oxides.
Webster 1828 Edition
Calx
CALX
,Noun.
Calx nativa, native calx, a kind of marly earth, of a dead whitish color, which, in water, bubbles or hisses, and without burning, will make a cement, like lime or gypsum.
Calx viva, quick-lime, is lime not slaked.
Definition 2024
calx
calx
English
Noun
calx (plural calxes or calces)
- (archaic) The substance which remains after a metal or mineral has been thoroughly burnt, seen as being the essential substance left after the expulsion of phlogiston.
- (Now recognised as being) the oxide left after calcination of a metal.
- calcium oxide
- In the Eton College wall game, an area at the end of the field where a shy can be scored by lifting the ball against the wall with one's foot.
Translations
the substance which remains after a metal or mineral has been thoroughly burnt
calcium oxide — see calcium oxide
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kalks/, [kaɫks]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kalks/
Etymology 1
From Ancient Greek χάλιξ (khálix, “pebble”).
Noun
calx f (genitive calcis); third declension
Declension
Third declension i-stem.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | calx | calcēs |
| genitive | calcis | calcium |
| dative | calcī | calcibus |
| accusative | calcem | calcēs |
| ablative | calce | calcibus |
| vocative | calx | calcēs |
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
Of uncertain origin, with possibilities including:
- An extension of the Proto-Indo-European root *(s)kel- (“to bend”).
- Etruscan origin
- From Proto-Indo-European *klHk(ᵂ)-(n)-, related to Serbo-Croatian **** (“thigh, hip”), Bulgarian калка, Russian колк (“bony stump”), Latvian kulksnis (“hock”), Lithuanian kulksnis (“ankle”), Old Prussian culczi (“hip”)
Noun
calx f (genitive calcis); third declension
Declension
Third declension i-stem.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | calx | calcēs |
| genitive | calcis | calcium |
| dative | calcī | calcibus |
| accusative | calcem | calcēs |
| ablative | calce | calcibus |
| vocative | calx | calcēs |
Synonyms
- (heel): tālus
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- (limestone) calx in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- (heel) calx in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- calx in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- CALX in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “calx”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill