English edit

Etymology edit

From Middle English fortaxen, equivalent to for- +‎ tax.

Verb edit

fortax (third-person singular simple present fortaxes, present participle fortaxing, simple past and past participle fortaxed)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) To tax heavily; burden.

Latin edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Ancient Greek φόρταξ (phórtax, bearer).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

fortāx m (genitive fortācis); third declension

  1. The basis on which a furnace rests

Declension edit

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative fortāx fortācēs
Genitive fortācis fortācum
Dative fortācī fortācibus
Accusative fortācem fortācēs
Ablative fortāce fortācibus
Vocative fortāx fortācēs

References edit

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