sternax

Latin

Etymology

From sternō (“I strike down, prostrate”).

Adjective

sternāx (genitive sternācis); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. that throws to the ground (especially of horses)
2. that fall prostrate (of suppliants)

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	sternāx			sternācēs	sternācia
Genitive	sternācis			sternācium
Dative	sternācī			sternācibus
Accusative	sternācem	sternāx		sternācēs	sternācia
Ablative	sternācī			sternācibus
Vocative	sternāx			sternācēs	sternācia

References

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