cordax

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κόρδαξ (kórdax).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔːdaks/

Noun

cordax (plural cordaxes)

1. (historical) A lascivious dance featuring in Ancient Greek comedy.

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κόρδαξ (kórdax, “cordax dance”), from Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkor.daks/, [ˈkɔrd̪äks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkor.daks/, [ˈkɔrd̪äks]

Noun

cordax m (genitive cordacis); third declension

1. a lively and salacious dance of Greek comedy
2. a trochaic rhythm reminiscent of the dance

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	cordax	cordacēs
genitive	cordacis	cordacum
dative	cordacī	cordacibus
accusative	cordacem	cordacēs
ablative	cordace	cordacibus
vocative	cordax	cordacēs

References

• “cordax”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “cordax”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers