prolixus

Meaning

1. (adjective, declension-1, declension-2) stretched out, extended
2. (adjective, declension-1, declension-2) courteous
3. (adjective, declension-1, declension-2) favorable

Concepts

long

favorable

broad

obliging

wide

officious

compliant

willing

Translations

weit

largo

longtemps

εκτενής

lunga

αθυρόστομος

αδίστακτος

diensteifrig

obligeant

serviable

large

accondiscendente

complaisant

Pronounced as (IPA)

[proːˈlɪk.sʊs]

Etymology

From prō- (“forward, before, in front”) + *lixus (compare ēlixus); the unprefixed adjective probably descends from Proto-Italic *liksos, from Proto-Indo-European *wleykʷ- (“moist, to wet”) and originally had a sense like "fluid, flowing". Cognate with lixa and liqueō.