abstinax

Latin

Etymology

From abstineō (“I abstain”) +‎ -āx (“inclined to”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈab.sti.naːks/, [ˈäps̠t̪ɪnäːks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈab.sti.naks/, [ˈäbst̪inäks]

Adjective

abstināx (genitive abstinācis); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. abstinent, abstemious

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	abstināx			abstinācēs	abstinācia
Genitive	abstinācis			abstinācium
Dative	abstinācī			abstinācibus
Accusative	abstinācem	abstināx		abstinācēs	abstinācia
Ablative	abstinācī			abstinācibus
Vocative	abstināx			abstinācēs	abstinācia

Synonyms

• abstinens

References

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