obex

From Latin obex (“barrier, wall”).

obex

1. (anatomy) The point in the human brain at which the fourth ventricle narrows to become the central canal of the spinal cord.

From obiciō (“throw against”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈob.jeks/, [ˈɔb.jɛks]

obex m or f (genitive obicis); third declension

1. barrier, wall
2. hindrance, impediment, obstacle

Third-declension noun.

• obiciō

• English: obex
• Portuguese: óbice

• obex in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• obex in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• obex in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• obex in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• obex in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin