edax

Latin

Etymology

Derived from edō (“I eat”) +‎ -āx (“inclined to”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈe.daːks/, [ˈɛd̪äːks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈe.daks/, [ˈɛːd̪äks]

Adjective

edāx (genitive edācis, comparative edācior, superlative edācissimus); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. 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.

2. destructive

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	edāx			edācēs	edācia
Genitive	edācis			edācium
Dative	edācī			edācibus
Accusative	edācem	edāx		edācēs	edācia
Ablative	edācī			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