allex
allex, ĭcis, m., acc. to Isid. Gloss.,
- the great toe; hence, in derision, of a little man: tune hic amator audes esse, allex viri? thou thumb of a man, thumbling? Plaut. Poen. 5, 5, 31 (1310).
allex = alec, q. v.
1. allex, s. allēc.
2. allex (hallex), icis, m. = pellex in pede, die große Fußzehe, s. Gloss. V, 591, 10. – dah. scherzh., hallex viri, Däumling, Fingerling, Plaut. Poen. 1310.
1 allēx, ēcis, v. allec.
2 allex (16) ( hall- ), ĭcis, m. , gros orteil : Gloss. || [fig.] hallex viri Pl. Pœn. 1310, rebut dʼhomme, méchant poucet.
Quis enim mortalium sic fere sine Allice odorabilis mellis,
fusus dulcedine alicubi repertus est ?ALLEX
ALLEXor ALLIX(ἄλλιξ, ἄλληξ), a Thessalian name for a garment corresponding apparently to the Greek χλάμυς (cf. Zonaras, Suidas, and Etym. M. s. v.). Hesychius too, s. v. ἄλλικα, gives this explanation, though, s. v. ἄλλιξ, he translates the word by χιτὼν χειριδωτός, i.e. a tunic with sleeves. The connexion of this word with ALICULAis doubtful.
[J.H.O]