edax
Latin
Etymology
Etymology tree
From edō (“to eat”) + -āx (“inclined to”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɛ.daːks]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɛː.daks]
Adjective
edāx (genitive edācis, comparative edācior, superlative edācissimus); third-declension one-termination adjective
- greedy, gluttonous, rapacious, voracious, consuming, devourer.
- Alere nolunt hominem edacem.
- They won't keep a greedy man.
- Tempus edax rerum.
- Time, the devourer of things.
- destructive
Declension
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masc./fem. | neuter | masc./fem. | neuter | ||
| nominative | edāx | edācēs | edācia | ||
| genitive | edācis | edācium | |||
| dative | edācī | edācibus | |||
| accusative | edācem | edāx | edācīs edācēs |
edācia | |
| ablative | edācī edāce |
edācibus | |||
| vocative | edāx | edācēs | edācia | ||
References
- “edax”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “edax”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “edax”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to be a great eater: multi cibi esse, edacem esse
- to be a great eater: multi cibi esse, edacem esse