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fortax

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English

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Etymology

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From Middle English fortaxen, equivalent to for- +‎ tax.

Verb

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fortax (third-person singular simple present fortaxes, present participle fortaxing, simple past and past participle fortaxed)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) To tax heavily; burden.

Latin

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek φόρταξ (phórtax, bearer).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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fortāx m (genitive fortācis); third declension

  1. The basis on which a furnace rests

Declension

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Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative fortāx fortācēs
genitive fortācis fortācum
dative fortācī fortācibus
accusative fortācem fortācēs
ablative fortāce fortācibus
vocative fortāx fortācēs

References

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