Latin

Verb

taxō ‎(present infinitive taxāre, perfect active taxāvī, supine taxātum); first conjugation

1. I feel, I touch sharply, I handle.
2. I charge, I twit, I reproach, I censure.
3. I rate, I appraise, I value, I estimate.
4. I judge, I compute, I reckon, I estimate.

Inflection

Synonyms

• (I touch): tangō, tractō
• (I value): aestimō

Derived terms

• taxātiō

Descendants

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *þahsuz ‎(“badger”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *teḱs- ‎(“construct”) after the badger's construction of its setts. See texō.

Noun

taxō m ‎(genitive taxonis); third declension

1. (Late Latin) badger

Inflection

Third declension.

Synonyms

• taxus

Descendants

• See taxus

References

• taxo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• TAXO in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “taxo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Portuguese

Verb

taxo

1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of taxar