edax
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈe.daːks/, [ˈɛ.daːks]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈe.daks/, [ˈeː.daks], [ˈɛː.daks]
Adjective
edāx (genitive edācis); third declension
- greedy, gluttonous, rapacious, voracious, consuming, devourer.
- Alere nolunt hominem edacem.
- They won't keep a greedy man.
- Tempus edax rerum.
- Time, the devourer of things.
- Alere nolunt hominem edacem.
- destructive
Inflection
Third declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | edāx | edāx | edācēs | edācia | |
| Genitive | edācis | edācis | edācium | edācium | |
| Dative | edācī | edācī | edācibus | edācibus | |
| Accusative | edācem | edāx | edācēs | edācia | |
| Ablative | edācī | edācī | edācibus | edācibus | |
| Vocative | edāx | edāx | edācēs | edācia | |
- comparative: edācior, superlative: edācissimus
References
- edax in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- edax in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- edax in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to be a great eater: multi cibi esse, edacem esse
- to be a great eater: multi cibi esse, edacem esse
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