exlex

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

ex-lex, ēgis, adj.,

beyond the law , bound by no law , lawless (only nom. and acc.; rare but class.): postremo quaero, parebis legibus an non? anne exlex solus vives? Varr. ap. Non. 10, 19; cf. Lucil. ib. 22; Liv. 9, 34, 8 Drak. N. cr. : non quod illi exlegem esse Sullam putarent, * Cic. Clu. 34, 94: spectator potus et exlex, Hor. A. P. 224.

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