English

Noun

remex ‎(plural remiges)

1. a quill
2. the flight feather of a bird

Latin

Etymology

From rēmus ‎(“oar”) + agō ‎(“set in motion”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈreː.meks/, [ˈreː.mɛks]

Noun

rēmex m ‎(genitive rēmigis); third declension

1. oarsman, rower

Inflection

Third declension.

Related terms

• rēmigātiō
• rēmigium
• rēmigō
• rēmus

References

• remex in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• remex in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “remex”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • sailors, rowers: nautae, remiges