petax
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpe.taːks/, [ˈpɛt̪äːks̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpe.taks/, [ˈpɛːt̪äks]
Adjective edit
petāx (genitive petācis, comparative petācior, superlative petācissimus); third-declension one-termination adjective
- (Late Latin, with genitive) catching at, striving after, greedy for
- 6th century CE, Fabius Claudius Gordianus Fulgentius, Mythologiae 2.1:
- Secunda (vīta) āctīva est, quae tantum vītae commodīs anxia, ornātūs petāx, habendī insatiāta, servandī sollicita geritur.
Declension edit
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | petāx | petācēs | petācia | ||
| Genitive | petācis | petācium | |||
| Dative | petācī | petācibus | |||
| Accusative | petācem | petāx | petācēs | petācia | |
| Ablative | petācī | petācibus | |||
| Vocative | petāx | petācēs | petācia | ||
References edit
- “petax”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- petax in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
- petax in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.