vindex

English

Etymology

From Latin vindex.

Noun

vindex (plural vindices)

1. (historical) An official who supervised tax collection in the ancient Roman Empire.

Latin

Etymology

From vim + the root of dīcere (“to indicate”) +‎ -s. Compare iūdex.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯in.deks/, [ˈu̯ɪn̪d̪ɛks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈvin.deks/, [ˈvin̪d̪eks]

Noun

vindex m or f (genitive vindicis); third declension

1. protector, defender, maintainer

   Synonyms: dēfēnsor, cū̆stōs, praeses, appāritor

2. claimant, vindicator

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	vindex	vindicēs
genitive	vindicis	vindicum
dative	vindicī	vindicibus
accusative	vindicem	vindicēs
ablative	vindice	vindicibus
vocative	vindex	vindicēs

Derived terms

• vindicālis (Mediaeval Latin)
• vindicia
• vindicō

Descendants

• Italian: vindice

References

• “vindex”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “vindex”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• vindex in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “vindex”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “vindex”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “vindicate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.