elixus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

ē-lixus, a, um, adj., [lix], thoroughly boiled, boiled, seethed.

I Lit., Varr. ap. Non. 62, 14; Plin. 20, 6, 23, § 54; Hor. S. 2, 2, 74; Juv. 3, 294; 13, 85; cf. the punning use of the word, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 67; id. Most. 5, 1, 66.—

II Transf., qs. sodden, i. e., soaked , wet through : calcei, Varr. ap. Non. 48, 27: balneator, Mart. 3, 7: nates, i. e. quite flabby after the bath, Pers. 4, 40.

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