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edax
edax
Latin
Adjective
edāx m, f, n (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 | edācēs | edācia | ||
| genitive | edācis | edācium | |||
| dative | edācī | edācibus | |||
| accusative | edācem | edāx | edācēs | edācia | |
| ablative | edācī | edācibus | |||
| vocative | 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
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “edax”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (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