rapax
Latin
Etymology
Etymology tree
From rapiō (“to grab”) + -āx (“inclined to”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈra.paːks]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈraː.paks]
Adjective
rapāx (genitive rapācis, comparative rapācior); third-declension one-termination adjective
Declension
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masc./fem. | neuter | masc./fem. | neuter | ||
| nominative | rapāx | rapācēs | rapācia | ||
| genitive | rapācis | rapācium | |||
| dative | rapācī | rapācibus | |||
| accusative | rapācem | rapāx | rapācīs rapācēs |
rapācia | |
| ablative | rapācī rapāce |
rapācibus | |||
| vocative | rapāx | rapācēs | rapācia | ||
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “rapax”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “rapax”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “rapax”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.