petax
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈpe.taːks/, [ˈpɛt̪äːks̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpe.taks/, [ˈpɛːt̪äks]
Adjective
[edit]petāx (genitive petācis, comparative petācior, superlative petācissimus); third-declension one-termination adjective
- (Late Latin, with genitive) catching at, striving after, greedy for
- 6th century CE, Fabius Claudius Gordianus Fulgentius, Mythologiae 2.1:
- Secunda (vīta) āctīva est, quae tantum vītae commodīs anxia, ornātūs petāx, habendī insatiāta, servandī sollicita geritur.
Declension
[edit]Third-declension one-termination adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masc./fem. | neuter | masc./fem. | neuter | ||
| nominative | petāx | petācēs | petācia | ||
| genitive | petācis | petācium | |||
| dative | petācī | petācibus | |||
| accusative | petācem | petāx | petācēs | petācia | |
| ablative | petācī | petācibus | |||
| vocative | petāx | petācēs | petācia | ||
References
[edit]- “petax”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- petax in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
- petax in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.