tagax
Latin edit
Etymology edit
tango (“I touch”) + -āx (“inclined to”)
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈta.ɡaːks/, [ˈt̪äɡäːks̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈta.ɡaks/, [ˈt̪äːɡäks]
Adjective edit
tagāx (genitive tagācis); third-declension one-termination adjective
- that is apt to touch
- (rare) thievish, light-fingered, sticky-fingered
Declension edit
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | tagāx | tagācēs | tagācia | ||
| Genitive | tagācis | tagācium | |||
| Dative | tagācī | tagācibus | |||
| Accusative | tagācem | tagāx | tagācēs | tagācia | |
| Ablative | tagācī | tagācibus | |||
| Vocative | tagāx | tagācēs | tagācia | ||
Descendants edit
- Portuguese: tagaz
References edit
- “tagax”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “tagax”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers