mordex

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmor.deks/, [ˈmɔrd̪ɛks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmor.deks/, [ˈmɔrd̪eks]

Noun

mordex m (genitive mordicis); third declension

1. biting, gnawing

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	mordex	mordicēs
Genitive	mordicis	mordicum
Dative	mordicī	mordicibus
Accusative	mordicem	mordicēs
Ablative	mordice	mordicibus
Vocative	mordex	mordicēs

References

• “mordex”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• mordex in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)