allec

Latin

Alternative forms

ālec
hallec, halec

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἅλς (háls, “salt”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈal.leːk/, [ˈälːʲeːk]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈal.lek/, [ˈälːek]

Noun

allēc n (genitive allēcis); third declension

fish sauce

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	allēc	allēca
Genitive	allēcis	allēcum
Dative	allēcī	allēcibus
Accusative	allēc	allēca
Ablative	allēce	allēcibus
Vocative	allēc	allēca

Descendants

Catalan: alatxa (via Arabic or Mozarabic)
Italian: alice

References

“allec”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
allec in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

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