emax

Latin

Etymology

Derived from emō (“I buy”) +‎ -āx (“inclined to”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈe.maːks/, [ˈɛmäːks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈe.maks/, [ˈɛːmäks]

Adjective

emāx (genitive emācis); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. fond of buying

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	emāx			emācēs	emācia
Genitive	emācis			emācium
Dative	emācī			emācibus
Accusative	emācem	emāx		emācēs	emācia
Ablative	emācī			emācibus
Vocative	emāx			emācēs	emācia

Derived terms

• emacitas

References

• “emax”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “emax”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• emax 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)
• emax in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.