different between terms vs culex

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /t??mz/
• (US) IPA^(key): /t?mz/

Noun

terms

1. plural of term

Verb

terms

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of term

Anagrams

• ERTMS

Swedish

Noun

terms

1. indefinite genitive singular of term

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin culex (“gnat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kju?.l?ks/

Noun

culex (plural culices)

1. Any of various mosquitoes of the genus Culex, some of which carry disease.

Derived terms

• culicidal

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *?uH-ló-, see also Old Armenian ???? (slak?, “roasting spit”), Irish cuil (“mosquito”), and Welsh cylion (“gnats”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?ku.leks/, [?k????ks?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?ku.leks/, [?ku?l?ks]

Noun

culex m (genitive culicis); third declension

1. gnat, midge, mosquito
   • Erasmus, Adagia; 1.10.66

     Indus elephantus haud curat culicem.

     An Indian elephant does not worry about a gnat.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Derived terms

• culic?nus

Descendants

• Italian: culice
• Catalan: cúlex
• French: cousin

References

• culex in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• culex in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• culex in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• culex in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Tetelcingo Nahuatl

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish coles (“cabbages”), plural of col (“cabbage”), from Latin caulis.

Compare Highland Puebla Nahuatl colex.

Noun

culex

1. Cabbage.

References

• Brewer, Forrest; Brewer, Jean G. (1962) Vocabulario mexicano de Tetelcingo, Morelos, segunda impresión edition, México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, published 1971, page 23