different between remex vs rumex

English

Etymology

From Latin r?mex (“rower”).

Noun

remex (plural remiges)

1. A quill.
2. The flight feather of a bird.

Related terms

• remicle

Latin

Etymology

From r?mus (“oar”) + ag? (“set in motion”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?re?.meks/, [?re?m?ks?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?re.meks/, [?r??m?ks]

Noun

r?mex m (genitive r?migis); third declension

1. oarsman, rower

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Related terms

• r?mig?ti?
• r?migium
• r?mig?
• r?mus

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
• remex in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.

English

Etymology

From the genus name.

Noun

rumex (plural rumexes)

1. (botany) Any plant of the genus Rumex; a dock or sorrel.

Anagrams

• murex, muxer

French

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin Rumex.

Noun

rumex m (plural rumex)

1. sorrel (plant of the genus Rumex)

Synonyms

• oseille

Further reading

• “rumex” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• murex

Latin

Etymology

Origin uncertain, but the suffixes -ik and -ek are found in other plant names such as larix and carex. Maybe from Proto-Indo-European *súHros (“sour, salty, bitter”).

Noun

rumex m or f (genitive rumicis); third declension

1. sorrel

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Descendants

• French: ronce
• Italian: romice
• Norman: ronche (Jersey)
• Spanish: romaza

References

• rumex in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• rumex in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• rumex in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette