ex

See also:Ex,ex.,ex-,-ex,eX,andEX

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈɛks/

• Audio(US):

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• Rhymes:-ɛks

Etymology 1

FromLatinex.

Noun

ex(pluralexes)

1. The name of theLatin-scriptletterX/x.
   • 1984Waite, Prata & Martin,C (Computer Program Language),p. 190

     Thus first C checks to see ifexandwyeare equal. The resulting value of1or0(true or false) then is compared to the value ofzee.

Derived terms

• exray
• ex-ray

Translations

name of the letter X, x

• Arabic:إِكْسm(ʔiks),إِكْسm(ʔeks)
• Asturian:equis(ast)f
• Basque:ixa
• Bengali:এক্স(bn)(ekśo)
• Bulgarian:хикс(bg)m(hiks)
• Catalan:ics(ca)f,xeix(ca)f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin:(English letter names are called as in English, no other standard Mandarin name exists)

• Esperanto:ikso(eo)
• Finnish:äks(fi),äksä(fi)
• French:ixe(fr)m
• Galician:xe(gl)m
• German:Ixn,Iksn
• Greek:εξ(el)n(ex)
• Hawaiian:kesa
• Hindi:एक्स(eks)
• Icelandic:exn
• Ido:xe(io)
• Irish:eacs
• Italian:ics(it)form
• Japanese:エックス(ja)(ekkusu)
• Korean:엑스(ekseu)
• Latin:ix,īx,ex(la)
• Malay:eks
• Marathi:एक्स(eksa)
• Occitan:ixa(oc)f
• Persian:ایکس(fa)(iks)
• Polish:iks(pl)n
• Portuguese:xis(pt)m
• Russian:эксm(eks)(English),икс(ru)m(iks)
• Spanish:equis(es)f
• Tagalog:eks
• Thai:เอกซ์(th)(ék)
• Turkish:iks
• Vietnamese:ích(vi),xờ(vi),xờ nhẹ(vi)
• Welsh:ecsf

See also

• (Latin-script letter names)letter;a,bee,cee,dee,e,ef,gee,aitch,i,jay,kay,el,em,en,o,pee,cue,ar,ess,tee,u,vee,double-u,ex,wye,zee/zed

Etymology 2

From the fact that crossing something out often results in the shape of the letterX.

Verb

ex(third-person singular simple presentexes,present participleexing,simple past and past participleexed)

1. Todelete;tocross out
2. (slang)Toextinguishthelifeof.

   Synonyms:seeThesaurus:kill

   • 2023December 6, “Mission Complete”, Tapeoff X Trapfit (Harlem Spartans) (lyrics),0:57:

     You upset cuz your friend gotexed
     I got pissed cuz my bro got knifed

Etymology 3

Standalone use of prefixex-.

Noun

ex(pluralexes)

1. (colloquial)A former partner or spouse, usually short forex-girlfriend,ex-boyfriend,ex-wifeorex-husband.

   Herexis still sending her flowers, even though she has moved on.

Translations

colloquial: former partner or spouse

• Bulgarian:бивш(bg)m(bivš),бивша(bg)f(bivša)
• Catalan:ex(ca)morf
• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Tiền nhậm(zh)(qiánrèn)

• Czech:bývalý(cs)m,bývalá(cs)f
• Dutch:ex(nl)morf
• Finnish:eksä(fi),exä(fi)
• French:ex(fr)morf
• Galician:exmorf
• German:Ex(de)morf
• Greek:πρώην(el)morf(próin)
• Hebrew:אקסm(eqs),אקסיתf(eqsit)
• Icelandic:fyrrverandi(adjective)
• Indonesian:mantan(id)
• Irish:iarchéilem,iarpháirtím,iarleannánm
• Italian:ex(it)m
• Maori:o mua
• Norwegian:eksm
• Polish:eks(pl)morf,były(pl)m,była(pl)f
• Portuguese:ex(pt)morf
• Romanian:fostulm
• Russian:эксm(eks),бы́вший(ru)m(bývšij),бы́вшая(ru)f(bývšaja)
• Serbo-Croatian:bivši(sh),bivša(sh)
• Spanish:ex(es)
• Swedish:ex(sv)

Adjective

ex(notcomparable)

1. Ex-,former, previously but no longer.
   My algebra II teacher's dad is anexPE teacher at the same school.

Etymology 4

FromLatinex(“out of, from”);originated as a telegraphic abbreviation.

Adjective

ex(notcomparable)

1. (rail transport,of a train)the place the train originated from or called at prior to the present location.
   • 1885,F. A. Marindin, quoting Arthur Oakes, edited by Henry G. Calcraft,Annual Reports, Returns, Etc‎^[1],Midland Railway - inquiry into the causes of a collision at Swinton station,page96:

     When between the station and the junction I was looking to the rear of the train on the near side, thinking it possible that we might receive a signal from the guard to shunt at Swindon junction to allow the 2.27 a.m. fast trainexDerby to pass, but the guard did not give any signal

   • 1921,John Hope Fellows, editor,The Locomotive News and Railway Contractor, Volumes 8-10‎^[2],Locomotive news agency, page34:

     The train was the 12.40 p.m.exDerby on January 14th, 1914

   • 2003February 11, "Fat Richard", “Re: Chiltern not stopping at Warwick Parkway”, inuk.railway‎^[3](Usenet), retrieved11 June 2018,message-ID <2a1e76b8-185c-4b27-a8d2-6f3f3331f6cd@dp10g2000vbb.googlegroups.com>:

     All trains from start of service up to the 13.57exNorwich (16.45exNottingham) are 4 cars between Nottingham and Liverpool and all East bound trains are 4 cars from Liverpool Lime Street as far as Nottingham.

   • 2016March 17, Derek Jones, “South East Bus Festival, Detling, 2 April 2016”, inInvicta Newsgroup‎^[4](Usenet), retrieved11 June 2018,message-ID <CAJ9GgXJNSabs=QsEzzf-tCXQcXPdZyRZgiEtk9J3e8ToRs+ctg@mail.gmail.com>:

     The outward timing is: Ashford International railway station (domestic side) *departs at 09.25hrs* (connecting with the 07.32exBrighton *Marshlink* train and, 08.37exLondon St. Pancras International *HS1* train)

Usage notes

• exis always followed by a location and frequently preceded by a time or other identifier of the specific train. The time may be either the time it was scheduled to depart the given location or the time it was scheduled to pass the current location.
• ‘’ex’’ can be used in biological taxonomy in identifying the author. Seew:Author citation (botany)#Usage of the term "ex".

Etymology 5

Clippingofexpensive.

Adjective

ex(comparativemoreex,superlativemostex)

1. (Singapore,colloquial)expensive,dear

   It's tooex.

Etymology 6

Noun

ex

1. (Canada)Clipping ofexhibition.

See also

other terms containing the word "ex"

• cum-ex
• dea ex machina
• deus ex machina
• ex abundante cautela
• ex ante
• ex-ante
• ex cathedra
• ex cetera
• ex contractu
• ex copula
• ex delicto
• ex dividend
• ex facie
• ex falso quod libet
• ex gratia
• ex hypothesi
• ex juris
• ex-lap
• ex-lax fish
• ex-libris
• ex negativo
• ex nihilo
• ex nunc
• ex-officialex-post
• ex officio
• ex opere operato
• ex parte
• ex post
• ex post facto
• ex professo
• ex proprio motu
• ex rerum natura
• ex situ
• ex-stock
• ex stock
• ex tempore
• ex testamento
• ex tunc
• ex vi termini
• ex vitro
• ex vivo
• ex-voto
• ex wife
• ex-Yu
• vaticinium ex eventu

Anagrams

• XE,xe

Catalan

Noun

exmorfby sense(invariable)

1. ex(former partner)

Chinese

Etymology

FromEnglishex-(“former”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ɪks²²/

Noun

ex

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese)ex(former partner)

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Rhymes:-ɛks

Noun

exmorf(pluralexen,diminutiveexjen)

1. ex(former partner)

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈeks/,[ˈe̞ks̠]

Noun

ex

1. (rare,colloquial)Alternative form ofeksä(“ex”)(former partner or spouse).

Declension

Inflectionofex(Kotustype 10/koira,no gradation)
nominative		ex	exät
genitive		exän	exien
partitive		exää	exiä
illative		exään	exiin
		singular	plural
nominative		ex	exät
accusative	nom.	ex	exät
	gen.	exän
genitive		exän	exien exäinrare
partitive		exää	exiä
inessive		exässä	exissä
elative		exästä	existä
illative		exään	exiin
adessive		exällä	exillä
ablative		exältä	exiltä
allative		exälle	exille
essive		exänä	exinä
translative		exäksi	exiksi
abessive		exättä	exittä
instructive		—	exin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive formsofex(Kotustype 10/koira,no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative exäni exäni accusative nom. exäni exäni gen. exäni genitive exäni exieni exäinirare partitive exääni exiäni inessive exässäni exissäni elative exästäni existäni illative exääni exiini adessive exälläni exilläni ablative exältäni exiltäni allative exälleni exilleni essive exänäni exinäni translative exäkseni exikseni abessive exättäni exittäni instructive — — comitative — exineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative exäsi exäsi accusative nom. exäsi exäsi gen. exäsi genitive exäsi exiesi exäisirare partitive exääsi exiäsi inessive exässäsi exissäsi elative exästäsi existäsi illative exääsi exiisi adessive exälläsi exilläsi ablative exältäsi exiltäsi allative exällesi exillesi essive exänäsi exinäsi translative exäksesi exiksesi abessive exättäsi exittäsi instructive — — comitative — exinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative exämme exämme accusative nom. exämme exämme gen. exämme genitive exämme exiemme exäimmerare partitive exäämme exiämme inessive exässämme exissämme elative exästämme existämme illative exäämme exiimme adessive exällämme exillämme ablative exältämme exiltämme allative exällemme exillemme essive exänämme exinämme translative exäksemme exiksemme abessive exättämme exittämme instructive — — comitative — exinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative exänne exänne accusative nom. exänne exänne gen. exänne genitive exänne exienne exäinnerare partitive exäänne exiänne inessive exässänne exissänne elative exästänne existänne illative exäänne exiinne adessive exällänne exillänne ablative exältänne exiltänne allative exällenne exillenne essive exänänne exinänne translative exäksenne exiksenne abessive exättänne exittänne instructive — — comitative — exinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative exänsä exänsä accusative nom. exänsä exänsä gen. exänsä genitive exänsä exiensä exäinsärare partitive exäänsä exiään exiänsä inessive exässään exässänsä exissään exissänsä elative exästään exästänsä existään existänsä illative exäänsä exiinsä adessive exällään exällänsä exillään exillänsä ablative exältään exältänsä exiltään exiltänsä allative exälleen exällensä exilleen exillensä essive exänään exänänsä exinään exinänsä translative exäkseen exäksensä exikseen exiksensä abessive exättään exättänsä exittään exittänsä instructive — — comitative — exineen exinensä

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ɛks/

• Audio:

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Noun

exmorfby sense(pluralex)

1. ex(former partner)

German

Pronunciation

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Verb

ex

1. singularimperativeofexen
2. (colloquial)first-personsingularpresentofexen

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):[ˈɛks]
• Hyphenation:ex
• Rhymes:-ɛks

Noun

ex(pluralexek)

1. (colloquial)ex(ex-husband, ex-wife or ex-partner)

Declension

Inflection (stem in-e-,front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	ex	exek
accusative	exet	exeket
dative	exnek	exeknek
instrumental	exszel	exekkel
causal-final	exért	exekért
translative	exszé	exekké
terminative	exig	exekig
essive-formal	exként	exekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	exben	exekben
superessive	exen	exeken
adessive	exnél	exeknél
illative	exbe	exekbe
sublative	exre	exekre
allative	exhez	exekhez
elative	exből	exekből
delative	exről	exekről
ablative	extől	exektől
non-attributive possessive - singular	exé	exeké
non-attributive possessive - plural	exéi	exekéi

Possessive formsofex
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	exem	exeim
2nd person sing.	exed	exeid
3rd person sing.	exe	exei
1st person plural	exünk	exeink
2nd person plural	exetek	exeitek
3rd person plural	exük	exeik

Further reading

• (interjection, a kind of prompt while drinking, cf.fenékig;emptying the glass in one go; or with an adverb in a foreign-like construction, such asex has):exinBárczi, GézaandLászló Országh.A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára( “The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.:ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992:→ISBN
• exinNóra Ittzés, editor,A magyar nyelv nagyszótára[A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó,2006–2031(work in progress; publisheda–ezas of 2024).

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ɛks/
• IPA^(key):/ɛxs/

Noun

exn(genitive singularex,nominative pluralex)

1. The name of theLatin-scriptletterX/x.

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ɛksˠ/

Noun

ex

1. The name of theLatin-scriptletterx/X.

See also

• (Latin-script letter names)litir;á,bé,cé,dé,é,eif,gé,héis,í,jé,cá,eil,eim,ein,ó,pé,cú,ear,eas,té,ú,vé,wae,ex,yé,zae
• Note:The English names are also widely used by Irish speakers.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈɛks/
• Rhymes:-ɛks
• Hyphenation:èx

Noun

exmorfby sense(invariable)

1. ex(ex-boyfriend, girlfriend)

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin)IPA^(key):/eks/,[ɛks̠]
• (Before voiced Consonants)IPA^(key):/eɡz/,[ɛɡz̪]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)IPA^(key):/eks/,[ɛks]

Etymology 1

(Thisetymologyis missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)

Noun

exf(indeclinable)

1. A name of the letterX.

Usage notes

• Multiple Latin names for the letterX,xhave been suggested. The most common areixorīx,ex,or asyllabicx,although there is some evidence which also supports such names for the letter asxēandxə.

Synonyms

• (name of the letterX):ix,īx

Coordinate terms

• (Latin-script letter names)littera;ā,bē,cē,dē,ē,ef,gē,hā/*acca,ī,kā,el,em,en,ō,pē,kū,er,es,tē,ū,ix/īx/ex,ȳ/ī graeca/ȳpsīlon,zēta

References

• Arthur E. Gordon,The Letter Names of the Latin Alphabet(University of California Press,1973; volume 9 ofUniversity of California Publications: Classical Studies), especially pages 30–31, 42–44, and 63

Etymology 2

FromProto-Italic*eks,fromProto-Indo-European*h₁eǵʰs(“out”).Cognates includeAncient Greekἐξ(ex)orἐκ(ek),Old Irishess-,a, ass,LithuanianìšandOld Church Slavonicиз(iz).

Preposition

ex(+ablative)

1. out of,from

Usage notes

• Sometimes apocopated with compensatory lengthening asē.In cases where the following word begins with a vowel orh,onlyexis used. Besides that, there are no rules for the use of eitherēorex,with both forms even used in the same sentence (e.g."quiexcorporum vinculis tamquamecarcere evolaverunt”,Cicero, Republic 6, 14).

Antonyms

• in

Derived terms

• dē ex
• ex-
• exter
• ex librīs

References

• “ex”,inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879)A Latin Dictionary,Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ex”,inCharlton T. Lewis (1891)An Elementary Latin Dictionary,New York: Harper & Brothers
• exin Charles du Fresne du Cange’sGlossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis(augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• exinGaffiot, Félix (1934)Dictionnaire illustré latin-français,Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894)Latin Phrase-Book‎^[5],London:Macmillan and Co.
  • to stand out of the water:ex aqua exstare
    
  • to come to the surface:(se) ex aqua emergere
    
  • to draw off water from a river:aquam ex flumine derivare
    
  • the Rhine rises in the Alps:Rhenus oriturorprofluit ex Alpibus
    
  • the tide is coming in:aestus ex alto se incitat(B. G. 3.12)
    
  • to evacuate territory:(ex) finibus excedere
    
  • to return from a journey:ex itinere redire
    
  • to leave a place:discedere a, de, ex loco aliquo
    
  • to leave a place:egredi loco;excedere ex loco
    
  • to quit a place for ever:decedere loco, de, ex loco
    
  • to dismount:descendere ex equo
    
  • the Nile rushes down from very high mountains:Nilus praecipitatex altissimis montibus
    
  • to rush out of the house:se proripere ex domo
    
  • since the time that, since (at the beginning of a sentence):ex quo temporeor simplyex quo
    
  • to wrest from a person's hand:exorde manibus alicuioralicuius extorquere aliquid
    
  • to go out of sight, disappear:abire ex oculis, e conspectu alicuius
    
  • a native of England:ortus ab Anglisororiundus ex Anglis
    
  • to leave one's boyhood behind one, become a man:ex pueris excedere
    
  • to have the gout:ex pedibus laborare, pedibus aegrum esse
    
  • to recover from a disease:ex morbo convalescere(notreconvalescere)
    
  • to sleep soundly (from fatigue):arte, graviter dormire (ex lassitudine)
    
  • to depart this life:(ex) vita excedere, ex vita abire
    
  • to depart this life:de vita exire, de (ex) vita migrare
    
  • concatenation, interdependence of causes:rerum causae aliae ex aliis nexae
    
  • important results are often produced by trivial causes:ex parvis saepe magnarum rerum momenta pendent
    
  • to originate in, arise from:ex aliqua re nasci, manare
    
  • to accrue in great abundance:ex aliqua re redundare(inorad aliquid)
    
  • untold advantages arise from a thing:utilitas efflorescit ex aliqua re
    
  • these things have the same origin:haec ex eodem fonte fluunt, manant
    
  • from every point of view; looked at in every light:omni ex parte; in omni genere; omnibus rebus
    
  • to a certain extent:aliqua ex parte
    
  • to depend upon a thing:pendēre ex aliqua re
    
  • to be composed of; to consist of:constare ex aliqua re
    
  • it is evident from..:cernitur (in) aliqua re(notex aliqua re)
    
  • to let success slip through one's fingers:fortunam ex manibus dimittere
    
  • his crowning happiness is produced by a thing; the culminating point of his felicity is..:ad felicitatem (magnus) cumulus accedit ex aliqua re
    
  • to rescue from peril:aliquem ex periculo eripere, servare
    
  • to raise a man from poverty to wealth:aliquem ex paupere divitem facere
    
  • to be of use:usuiorex usu esse
    
  • to derive (great) profit, advantage from a thing:fructum (uberrimum) capere, percipere, consequi ex aliqua re
    
  • (great) advantage accrues to me from this:fructus ex hac re redundant inorad me
    
  • to find favour with some one; to get into their good graces:benevolentiam, favorem, voluntatem alicuius sibi conciliareorcolligere (ex aliqua re)
    
  • according to a man's deserts:ex, pro merito
    
  • as one would wish; to one's mind:ex sententia
    
  • I heard him say..:ex eo audivi, cum diceret
    
  • to derive pleasure from a thing:voluptatem ex aliqua re capereorpercipere
    
  • to recruit oneself, seek relaxation:animum relaxare, reficere, recreareor simplyse reficere, se recreare, refici, recreari (ex aliqua re)
    
  • to infer by comparison, judge one thing by another:coniecturam alicuius rei facereorcapere ex aliqua re
    
  • to judge others by oneself:de se (ex se de aliis) coniecturam facere
    
  • to relieve a man of his scruple:scrupulum ex animo alicuius evellere(Rosc. Am. 2. 6)
    
  • according to my strong conviction:ex animi mei sententia(vid.sect. XI. 2)
    
  • to put off from one day to another:diem ex die ducere, differre
    
  • from memory; by heart:ex memoria(opp.de scripto)
    
  • the memory of this will never fade from my mind:numquam ex animo meo memoria illius rei discedet
    
  • a thing escapes, vanishes from the memory:aliquid excidit e memoria, effluit, excidit ex animo
    
  • to choose one from a large number of instances:ex infinita exemplorum copia unum (pauca) sumere, decerpere (eligere)
    
  • to take a lesson from some one's example:sibi exemplum sumere ex aliquoorexemplum capere de aliquo
    
  • systematic succession, concatenation:continuatio seriesque rerum, ut alia ex alia nexa et omnes inter se aptae colligataeque sint(N. D. 1. 4. 9)
    
  • to derive an argument from a thing:argumentum ducere, sumere ex aliqua reorpetere ab aliqua re
    
  • to draw a conclusion from a thing:concludere, colligere, efficere, cogere ex aliqua re
    
  • it follows from this that..:sequitur(notex quo seq.)ut
    
  • it follows from this that..:ex quo, unde, hinc efficitur ut
    
  • to speak extempore:subito, ex tempore(opp.ex praeparato)dicere
    
  • there is a flavour of Atticism about his discourse:ex illius orationibus ipsae Athenae redolent
    
  • profound sentiments:sententiae reconditae ex exquisitae(Brut. 97. 274)
    
  • to read a speech:de scripto orationemhabere, dicere(opp.sine scripto, ex memoria)
    
  • to translate from Plato:aborde(notex)Platone vertere, convertere, transferre
    
  • what follows has been translated into Latin from Plato's Phaedo:ex Platonis Phaedone haec in latinum conversa sunt
    
  • to extract a word from some one:verbum ex aliquo elicere
    
  • no word escaped him:nullum verbum ex ore eius excidit(or simplyei)
    
  • to form, derive a word from... (used of the man who first creates the word):vocabulum,verbum, nomen ducere ab, ex...
    
  • to make extracts from Cicero's writings:aliquid, multa ex Ciceronis libris excerpere(notexcerpere librum)
    
  • to take pleasure in a thing:laetitiam capereorpercipere ex aliqua re
    
  • I am pained, vexed, sorry:doleo aliquid, aliqua re, deandex aliqua re
    
  • to be vexed about a thing:dolorem capere (percipere) ex aliqua re
    
  • to undergo severe trouble, trials:magnum luctum haurire(withoutex-)
    
  • to feel sorrow about a thing:luctum percipere ex aliqua re
    
  • to recover from one's fright:ex metu se recreare, se colligere
    
  • to stifle, repress all humane sentiments in one's mind:omnem humanitatem ex animo exstirpare(Amic. 13. 48)
    
  • to love deeply:aliquem ex animoorex animi sententia amare(Q. Fr. 1. 1. 5)
    
  • to banish love from one's mind:amorem ex animo eicere
    
  • to banish all feeling of prejudice from the mind:suspicionem ex animo delere
    
  • to make a person odious, unpopular:invidiam, odium ex-, concitare alicui, in aliquem
    
  • to live as scrupulously moral a life as ever:nihil ex pristina virtute remittere
    
  • to measure something by the standard of something else; to make something one's criterion:metiri, ponderare, aestimare, iudicare aliquid (ex) aliqua re
    
  • to banish devout sentiment from the minds of others:religionem ex animis extrahere(N. D. 1. 43. 121)
    
  • I swear on my conscience:ex animi mei sententia iuro
    
  • sole heir; heir to three-quarters of the estate:heres ex asse, ex dodrante
    
  • heir to two-thirds of the property:heres ex besse
    
  • according to my custom:ex consuetudine mea(opp.praeter consuetudinem)
    
  • according to traditional usage:ex instituto(Liv. 6. 10. 6)
    
  • to have a large income from a thing (e.g. from mines):magnas pecunias ex aliqua re(e.g.ex metallis)facere
    
  • the rate of interest has gone up from 4 per cent to 8 per cent:fenus ex triente Id. Quint. factum erat bessibus(Att. 4. 15. 7)
    
  • to make profit out of a thing:lucrum facere(opp.damnum facere)ex aliqua re
    
  • to get out of debt:ex aere alieno exire
    
  • to depose, bring down a person from his elevated position:aliquem ex altissimo dignitatis gradu praecipitare(Dom. 37. 98)
    
  • to raise oneself by another's fall:crescere ex aliquo
    
  • to profit by the unpopularity of the senate to gain influence oneself:crescere ex invidia senatoria
    
  • to use some one's unpopularity as a means of making oneself popular:ex invidia alicuius auram popularem petere(Liv. 22. 26)
    
  • owing to political dissension:ex rei publicae dissensione
    
  • to banish a person, send him into exile:ex urbe (civitate) expellere, pellere aliquem
    
  • to expel a person from the city, country:exterminare (ex) urbe, de civitate aliquem(Mil. 37. 101)
    
  • to deliver the state from a tyranny:rem publicam in libertatem vindicare aorex dominatione
    
  • the public income from the mines:pecunia publica, quae ex metallis redit
    
  • to go to law with a person:(ex) iure, lege agere cum aliquo
    
  • justly and equitably:ex aequo et bono(Caecin. 23. 65)
    
  • to make a sally, sortie from the town:eruptionem facere ex oppido
    
  • to make a sally, sortie from the town:crebras ex oppido excursiones facere(B. G. 2. 30)
    
  • to fight on horseback:ex equo pugnare
    
  • soldiers routed and dispersed:ex (in) fuga dissipatiordispersi(B. G. 2. 24)
    
  • to die of wounds:ex vulnere mori(Fam. 10. 33)
    
  • to triumph over some one:triumphare de aliquo (ex bellis)
    
  • to triumph over some one:triumphumagere deorex aliquoor c. Gen. (victoriae, pugnae)
    
  • according to treaty:ex pacto, ex foedere
    
  • the ships sail from the harbour:naves ex portu solvunt
    
  • the ships sail out on a fair wind:ventum (tempestatem) nancti idoneum ex portu exeunt
    
  • the storm drives some one on an unknown coast:procella (tempestas) aliquem ex alto ad ignotas terras (oras) defert
    
  • to land, disembark:exire ex, de navi
    
  • much damage was done by this collision:ex eo navium concursu magnum incommodum est acceptum
    
  • from this it appears, is apparent:ex quo intellegiturorintellegi potest, debet
    
  • from this it appears, is apparent:ex quo perspicuum est
    
• exinRamminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed))Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[6],pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• “ex”,inWilliam Smith, editor (1854, 1857),A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography,volume1 & 2,London: Walton and Maberly
• De Vaan, Michiel(2008)Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages(Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill,→ISBN,page195f

Middle English

Noun

ex

1. Alternative form ofax(“axe”)

Portuguese

Etymology

From the preffixex-(“ex-, former”),as inex-namorado( "ex-boyfriend" ) orex-namorada( "ex-girlfriend" ).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil)IPA^(key):/ˈe(j)s/[ˈe(ɪ̯)s],/ˈejs/[ˈeɪ̯s]

• (Brazil)IPA^(key):/ˈe(j)s/[ˈe(ɪ̯)s],/ˈejs/[ˈeɪ̯s]
  • (Rio de Janeiro)IPA^(key):/ˈe(j)ʃ/[ˈe(ɪ̯)ʃ],/ˈejʃ/[ˈeɪ̯ʃ]

• (Portugal)IPA^(key):/ˈɐjʃ/

• (Portugal)IPA^(key):/ˈɐjʃ/
  • (Northern Portugal)IPA^(key):/ˈejʃ/
  • (Central Portugal)IPA^(key):/ˈejʃ/
  • (Southern Portugal)IPA^(key):/ˈeʃ/

• Homophones:ex-,-ês(Brazil)
• Hyphenation:ex

Noun

exmorfby sense(invariable)

1. (colloquial)ex(an ex-husband, ex-wife or ex-partner)

Spanish

Etymology

Fromex-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈeɡs/[ˈeɣ̞s]
• Rhymes:-eɡs
• Syllabification:ex

Noun

exmorfby sense(pluralexes)

1. ex(ex-husband, ex-wife or ex-partner)

Adjective

ex(indeclinable, always before the noun)

1. former,ex-(referring to a condition that has ended)

Usage notes

• In many cases this is interchangeable with usingex-;for example, the former governor of a province could be called theex gobernadoror theexgobernador.

According to theDRAE,the prefixex-is preferred for single words (excapitán-former captain), whileexis preferred for multiword terms (ex primera dama-former first lady)

Further reading

• “ex”,inDiccionario de la lengua española,Vigésima tercera edición,Real Academia Española,2014

Swedish

Noun

exn

1. (colloquial)ex;ex-partner
2. (colloquial)Short forexemplar(“copy, specimen”).

Declension

Declension ofex
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	ex	exet	ex	exen
Genitive	ex	exets	ex	exens

Related terms

• ex-

References

• exinSvensk ordbok(SO)
• exinSvenska Akademiens ordlista(SAOL)
• exinSvenska Akademiens ordbok(SAOB)