mox

See also: MOX

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *moḱs, whence also Sanskrit मक्षू (makṣū, “fast; early”), Avestan 𐬨𐬊𐬱𐬎‎ (mošu, “soon, quickly”), Irish moch (“early”)

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /moks/, [mɔks]
Audio (Classical) (file)

Adverb

mox (not comparable)

soon
- Vive! Mox senex eris
  Live! Soon you will be old
(soon) afterwards

References

mox in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
mox in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
mox in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Bern, München: Francke Verlag

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