ferax

Latin

Etymology

From ferō (“I bear, carry”) +‎ -āx (“inclined to”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈfe.raːks/, [ˈfɛräːks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfe.raks/, [ˈfɛːräks]

Adjective

ferāx (genitive ferācis, comparative ferācior, superlative ferācissimus, adverb ferāciter); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. fruitful, fertile

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	ferāx			ferācēs	ferācia
Genitive	ferācis			ferācium
Dative	ferācī			ferācibus
Accusative	ferācem	ferāx		ferācēs	ferācia
Ablative	ferācī			ferācibus
Vocative	ferāx			ferācēs	ferācia

Descendants

• Catalan: feraç
• Galician: feraz
• Italian: ferace
• Portuguese: feraz
• Spanish: feraz

References

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