sequax

sequax

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ-
Proto-Indo-European *sékʷetor
Proto-Italic *sekʷōr
Latin sequor
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂-k-s
Proto-Italic *-āks
Latin -āx
Latin sequāx

    From sequor (“to follow”) + -āx (“inclined to”).

    Pronunciation

    Adjective

    sequāx (genitive sequācis); third-declension one-termination adjective

    1. following, sequacious
    2. pursuant, pursuing
    3. pliable, ductile, flexible (of materials)
    4. tractable

    Declension

    Third-declension one-termination adjective.

    singular plural
    masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
    nominative sequāx sequācēs sequācia
    genitive sequācis sequācium
    dative sequācī sequācibus
    accusative sequācem sequāx sequācīs
    sequācēs     		sequācia
    ablative sequācī
    sequāce     		sequācibus
    vocative sequāx sequācēs sequācia

    Descendants

    • Italo-Romance:
      • Italian: seguace
    • Borrowings:

    References

    • “sequax”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “sequax”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • “sequax”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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