Latin edit

Etymology edit

From dap(i) (meal) +‎ -fex (suffix representing a maker or producer).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

dapifex m (genitive dapificis); third declension

  1. a servant who prepares food.

Declension edit

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative dapifex dapificēs
Genitive dapificis dapificum
Dative dapificī dapificibus
Accusative dapificem dapificēs
Ablative dapifice dapificibus
Vocative dapifex dapificēs

References edit

  • dapifex”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • dapifex in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.