nugax

Latin

Etymology

From nūgor (“I play the fool”) +‎ -āx.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈnuː.ɡaːks/, [ˈnuːɡäːks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈnu.ɡaks/, [ˈnuːɡäks]

Adjective

nūgāx (genitive nūgācis); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. jesting, trifling, frivolous

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	nūgāx			nūgācēs	nūgācia
genitive	nūgācis			nūgācium
dative	nūgācī			nūgācibus
accusative	nūgācem	nūgāx		nūgācēs	nūgācia
ablative	nūgācī			nūgācibus
vocative	nūgāx			nūgācēs	nūgācia

References

• “nugax”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press