mordax
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From mordeō (“I bite”) + -āx (“inclined to”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈmor.daːks/, [ˈmɔrd̪äːks̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmor.daks/, [ˈmɔrd̪äks]
Adjective
[edit]mordāx (genitive mordācis); third-declension one-termination adjective
Declension
[edit]Third-declension one-termination adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masc./fem. | neuter | masc./fem. | neuter | ||
| nominative | mordāx | mordācēs | mordācia | ||
| genitive | mordācis | mordācium | |||
| dative | mordācī | mordācibus | |||
| accusative | mordācem | mordāx | mordācēs | mordācia | |
| ablative | mordācī | mordācibus | |||
| vocative | mordāx | mordācēs | mordācia | ||
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “mordax”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “mordax”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- mordax 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)
- mordax in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.