dapifex

Latin

Etymology

From dap(i) (“meal”) +‎ -fex (“suffix representing a maker or producer”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈda.pi.feks/, [ˈd̪äpɪfɛks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈda.pi.feks/, [ˈd̪äːpifeks]

Noun

dapifex m (genitive dapificis); third declension

1. a servant who prepares food.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	dapifex	dapificēs
genitive	dapificis	dapificum
dative	dapificī	dapificibus
accusative	dapificem	dapificēs
ablative	dapifice	dapificibus
vocative	dapifex	dapificēs

References

• “dapifex”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• dapifex in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.