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capax
capax
Latin
Adjective
capāx m, f, n (genitive capācis); third declension
- That can contain or hold much; wide, large, spacious, capacious, roomy.
- Susceptible, capable of, able, apt, fit for.
Inflection
Third declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| nominative | capāx | capācēs | capācia | ||
| genitive | capācis | capācium | |||
| dative | capācī | capācibus | |||
| accusative | capācem | capāx | capācēs | capācia | |
| ablative | capācī | capācibus | |||
| vocative | capāx | capācēs | capācia | ||
- comparative: capācior, superlative: capācissimus
Synonyms
- (capable, apt): appositus, aptus, habilis, idōneus, potēns, potis
- (spacious): amplus, laxus, magnus, spatiōsus
Antonyms
- (capable of): incapāx
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- capax in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- capax in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- CAPAX in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “capax”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.