evax
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek εὐαί (euaí), εὐοῖ (euoî), εὐοἵ (euhoí) or similar, all containing εὖ (eû, “good”). Cf. euhoe.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /eu̯ˈu̯aks/, [ɛu̯ˈu̯äks̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /eu̯ˈvaks/, [eu̯ˈväks]
- Note: as is regular in Ancient Greek, the intervocalic /w/ is doubled.
Interjection edit
evax
Further reading edit
- “evax”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- evax in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “evax”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray