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ex

See also: Ex, ex., ex-, -ex, eX, EX, and ex̱

English

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  • IPA(key): /ɛks/
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  • Rhymes: -ɛks

Etymology 1

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From Latin ex.

Noun

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ex (plural exes)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter X/x.
    • 1984 Waite, Prata & Martin, C (Computer Program Language), p. 190
      Thus first C checks to see if ex and wye are equal. The resulting value of 1 or 0 (true or false) then is compared to the value of zee.
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Etymology 2

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

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ex (third-person singular simple present exes, present participle exing, simple past and past participle exed)

  1. To delete; to cross out.
    Alternative form: X
  2. (slang) To extinguish the life of.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:kill
    • 2023 December 6, “Mission Complete”, Tapeoff X Trapfit (Harlem Spartans) (lyrics), 0:57:
      You upset cuz your friend got exed
      I got pissed cuz my bro got knifed

Etymology 3

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Standalone use of prefix ex-.

Noun

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ex (plural exes)

  1. (colloquial) A former partner or spouse; an ex-girlfriend, ex-boyfriend, ex-wife, or ex-husband.
    My friend has an ex who now lives abroad.
    Her ex is still sending her flowers, even though she has moved on.
    • 1944, Agatha Christie, Towards Zero:
      "It's going to be a lovely party!" said Kay. "Nevile and I, and Nevile's Ex, and some Malayan planter who's home on leave."
    • 2021 February 13, Lauren M. Johnson, “Two Southern sheriff’s offices are offering Valentine’s Day deal for exes”, in CNN‎[1]:
      Two sheriff’s offices in the South are offering up a Valentine’s Day deal for those who have exes with colorful histories.
    • 2024 January 18, Gina Cherelus, “TikTok Is 'Standing on Business.' What Does That Mean?”, in The New York Times‎[2], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 February 2024:
      Seek so much as a kernel of advice on the internet in 2024 about conflicts in a relationship, a situationship or even an affair, and you may find yourself inundated with recommendations to "stand on business." A Hinge match asks to reschedule your first date with 30 minutes' notice? Stand on business. Your ex continues to hit you up months after the breakup? Stand on business.
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Adjective

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ex (not comparable)

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

Etymology 4

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From Latin ex (“out of, from”); originated as a telegraphic abbreviation.

Adjective

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ex (not comparable)

  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[3], Midland Railway - inquiry into the causes of a collision at Swinton station, page 96:
      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 train ex Derby to pass, but the guard did not give any signal
    • 1921, John Hope Fellows, editor, The Locomotive News and Railway Contractor, Volumes 8-10‎[4], Locomotive news agency, page 34:
      The train was the 12.40 p.m. ex Derby on January 14th, 1914
    • 2003 February 11, "Fat Richard", “Re: Chiltern not stopping at Warwick Parkway”, in uk.railway‎[5] (Usenet), retrieved 11 June 2018, message-ID <2a1e76b8-185c-4b27-a8d2-6f3f3331f6cd@dp10g2000vbb.googlegroups.com>:
      All trains from start of service up to the 13.57 ex Norwich (16.45 ex Nottingham) are 4 cars between Nottingham and Liverpool and all East bound trains are 4 cars from Liverpool Lime Street as far as Nottingham.
    • 2016 March 17, Derek Jones, “South East Bus Festival, Detling, 2 April 2016”, in Invicta Newsgroup‎[6] (Usenet), retrieved 11 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 07.32 ex Brighton *Marshlink* train and, 08.37 ex London St. Pancras International *HS1* train)
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  • ex is 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. See Author citation (botany)#Usage of the term "ex".

Etymology 5

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Clipping of expensive.

Adjective

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ex (comparative more ex, superlative most ex)

  1. (Singapore, colloquial) expensive, dear
    It's too ex.

Etymology 6

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Noun

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ex

  1. (Canada) Clipping of exhibition.

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ex m or f by sense (invariable)

  1. ex (former partner)

Chinese

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Etymology

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From English ex- (“former”).

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ex

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

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ex m or f (plural exen, diminutive exje n)

  1. ex (former partner)

Finnish

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ex

  1. (rare, colloquial) alternative form of eksä (“ex”) (former partner or spouse)

Declension

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Inflection of ex (Kotus type 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
exäin rare
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 forms of ex (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative exäni exäni
accusative nom. exäni exäni
gen. exäni
genitive exäni exieni
exäini rare
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
exäisi rare
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
exäimme rare
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
exäinne rare
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
exäinsä rare
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

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ex m or f by sense (invariable)

  1. ex (former partner)

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ex

  1. singular imperative of exen
  2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of exen

Hungarian

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ex (plural exek)

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

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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 forms of ex
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

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  • (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 as ex has): ex in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
  • ex in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

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ex n (genitive singular ex, nominative plural ex)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter X/x.

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Declension of ex (neuter)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ex exið ex exin
accusative ex exið ex exin
dative exi exinu exum exunum
genitive ex exins exa exanna

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ex

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter x/X.

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ex m or f by sense (invariable)

  1. ex (ex-boyfriend, girlfriend)

Latin

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Etymology 1

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    From Proto-Italic *eks (alternative form of *eɣ), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰs (“out”). Cognates include Ancient Greek ἐξ (ex) or ἐκ (ek), Old Irish ess-, a, ass, Lithuanian i̇̀š and Old Church Slavonic из (iz).

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    ex (+ ablative)

    1. (expressing elative meaning): out of, from
      • 54 BCE – 51 BCE, Cicero, De re publica 2.34:
        Sed hoc loco primum videtur insitiva quadam disciplina doctior facta esse civitas. Influxit enim non tenuis quidam e Graecia rivulus in hanc urbem, sed abundantissimus amnis illarum disciplinarum et artium.
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      1. down from
      2. up from
    2. (absolute uses):
      1. (expressing origin): indicates the place from which something comes from; (of humans) indicates one's birthplace, motherland, country: from, of
      2. (expressing belonging): from, of
    3. (partitively or in comparisons) indicates a multitude from which something is taken, or of which it forms a part: out of, out from, of, among
      Synonym: dē
      Ex omnibus rēbus, ācerrimī bellō Rōmānī sunt. ― Out of all peoples, Romans are the fiercest warriors.
    4. (expressing location): indicates the place from which anything is done or takes place: off, from, on
      Synonyms: ab, dē
      1. (in various set phrases):
        ex itinere ― on/during the journey
        ex adversō ― on the opposite side, in front, against
        ex equō ― on horseback
    5. (expressing distance): from
      Synonym: ab
    6. (when used with various verbs broadly indicating "to take", physically or mentally):
      1. away from, out of the hands of
      2. (with verbs indicating inquiery, learning, etc...) indicates someone from which information is taken: from
        Synonyms: ab, dē
        rem quaerere ex aliquō ― to inquire of something from someone (often forcefully)
      3. (figuratively) from a given cause, out of, through
    7. (temporal uses):
      1. directly, immediately after
        Near-synonym: ab
        aliud ex aliō ― one thing after another
        diem ex diē ― day after day
      2. since, from, from... onward
    8. (expressing composition):
      1. indicates the material from which something is made: (made) of
      2. (of food or medical preparations) indicates the material with which something is mixed: mixed with
      3. indicates the colors which something is mixed with or composed of: with
        • 4 CE – c. 70 CE, Columella, De Re Rustica IX.III:
          Peripateticae sectae conditor Aristoteles in his libris quos de animalibus conscripsit examinum genera conplura demonstrat, […] [apes alia esse] ex aureolo varias atque leves.
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    9. because of, by, on account of, owing to (especially used to indicate where something got its name from)
      Synonyms: ob, propter
      ex īnsidiīs ― owing to stratagem, by, through trickery; craftily
      Scīpiōnī imperātōrī cognōmen Āfricānō ex virtūte in Carthāginēnsēs fuit.
      Scipio got his surname of Africanus owing to his courage against the people of Carthage.
    10. indicates a change from one state or condition to antother: from, out of
      1. (post-classical, chiefly Epigraphic Latin) with names of offices, indicates that one has completed his term of office
        ex cōnsule vir (vir cōnsulāris) ― an ex-consul
    11. according to, after, in conformity with
      Synonyms: per, secundum
      ex cōnsuētūdine ― according to custom, as is customary; by habit
      ex sententiā (meā) ― according to me; according to my plan, as I wanted
    12. (only in a few set phrases) forms predicative adjective phrases indicating "to the advantage of": to the, for the
      alicui aliquod ex ūsū esse ― for something to be useful/of use to someone
      ē rē publicā vidērī dēcertāre ― to be considered for the greater good of the Roman state to fight
      ex rē esse ― to be pertinent
      alicui aliquod ex iniūriā esse ― for something to be bad to someone
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    • Whereas the preposition ab indicates an external separation and dē more of a removal, in its most basic sense, ex indicates motion from the interior or middle of things. It can however be used alongside verbs prefixed with either ab- or dē-.
    • Sometimes apocopated with compensatory lengthening as ē. In cases where the following word begins with a vowel or h, only ex is used. Besides that, there are no rules for the use of either ē or ex, with both forms even used in the same sentence (e.g. "qui ex corporum vinculis tamquam e carcere evolaverunt”, Cicero, Republic 6, 14).
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    ex f (indeclinable)

    1. A name of the letter X.
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    • Multiple Latin names for the letter X, x have been suggested. The most common are ix or īx, ex, or a syllabic x, although there is some evidence which also supports such names for the letter as xē and xə.
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    • (name of the letter X): ix, īx
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    • Arthur E. Gordon, The Letter Names of the Latin Alphabet (University of California Press, 1973; volume 9 of University of California Publications: Classical Studies), especially pages 30–31, 42–44, and 63

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    • “ex”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “ex”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • "ex", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
    • “ex”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[7], 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 oritur or profluit 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 praecipitat ex 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 tempore or simply ex quo
      • to wrest from a person's hand: ex or de manibus alicui or alicuius extorquere aliquid
      • to go out of sight, disappear: abire ex oculis, e conspectu alicuius
      • a native of England: ortus ab Anglis or oriundus 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 (not reconvalescere)
      • 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 (in or ad 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 (not ex 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: usui or ex 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 in or ad me
      • to find favour with some one; to get into their good graces: benevolentiam, favorem, voluntatem alicuius sibi conciliare or colligere (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 capere or percipere
      • to recruit oneself, seek relaxation: animum relaxare, reficere, recreare or simply se reficere, se recreare, refici, recreari (ex aliqua re)
      • to infer by comparison, judge one thing by another: coniecturam alicuius rei facere or capere 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 aliquo or exemplum 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 re or petere ab aliqua re
      • to draw a conclusion from a thing: concludere, colligere, efficere, cogere ex aliqua re
      • it follows from this that..: sequitur (not ex 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 orationem habere, dicere (opp. sine scripto, ex memoria)
      • to translate from Plato: ab or de (not ex) 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 simply ei)
      • 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 (not excerpere librum)
      • to take pleasure in a thing: laetitiam capere or percipere ex aliqua re
      • I am pained, vexed, sorry: doleo aliquid, aliqua re, de and ex aliqua re
      • to be vexed about a thing: dolorem capere (percipere) ex aliqua re
      • to undergo severe trouble, trials: magnum luctum haurire (without ex-)
      • 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 animo or ex 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 a or ex 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 dissipati or dispersi (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: triumphum agere de or ex aliquo or 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 intellegitur or intellegi potest, debet
      • from this it appears, is apparent: ex quo perspicuum est
    • ex in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[8], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
    • “ex”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 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, page 195f

    Middle English

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    ex

    1. alternative form of ax (“axe”)

    Portuguese

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    Etymology

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    From the preffix ex- (“ex-, former”), as in ex-namorado ("ex-boyfriend") or ex-namorada ("ex-girlfriend").

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    ex m or f by sense (invariable)

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

    Spanish

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    Etymology

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    From ex-.

    Pronunciation

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

    Noun

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    ex m or f by sense (plural exes)

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

    Adjective

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    ex (indeclinable, always before the noun)

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

    Usage notes

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    • In many cases this is interchangeable with using ex-; for example, the former governor of a province could be called the ex gobernador or the exgobernador.

    According to the DRAE, the prefix ex- is preferred for single words (excapitán - former captain), while ex is preferred for multiword terms (ex primera dama - former first lady)

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    Swedish

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    Noun

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    ex n or c

    1. (colloquial) ex; ex-partner
      Synonym: före detta
    2. (colloquial) short for exemplar (“copy, specimen”)

    Declension

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    Declension of ex
    nominative genitive
    singular indefinite ex ex
    definite exet exets
    plural indefinite ex ex
    definite exen exens
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