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Webster 1913 Edition

Pax

Pax

,
Noun.
[L.
pax
peace. See
Peace
.]
1.
(Eccl.)
The kiss of peace; also, the embrace in the sanctuary now substituted for it at High Mass in Roman Catholic churches.
2.
(R. C. Ch.)
A tablet or board, on which is a representation of Christ, of the Virgin Mary, or of some saint and which, in the Mass, was kissed by the priest and then by the people, in mediæval times; an osculatory. It is still used in communities, confraternities, etc.
Kiss the
pax
, and be quiet like your neighbors.
Chapman.

Webster 1828 Edition

Pax

PAX

,
Noun.
[L. pax, peace.] A little image or piece of board with the image of Christ upon the cross on it, which people before the reformation,used to kiss after the service; the ceremony being considered as the kiss of peace.

Definition 2024

Pax

Pax

See also: pax

English

Proper noun

Pax

  1. Latin name given to several peacetimes in human history.
  2. (Greek mythology) The goddess/personification of peace and one of the Horae. She is a daughter of Zeus and Themis, and her sisters are Justitia and Eunomia. She is the Roman counterpart of Eirene.
  3. A male given name

Derived terms

pax

pax

See also: Pax

English

Noun

pax

  1. A painted, stamped or carved tablet with a representation of Christ or the Virgin Mary, which was kissed by the priest during the Mass ("kiss of peace") and then passed to other officiating clergy and the congregation to be kissed. See also osculatory.
  2. (Britain, schoolboy slang, dated) friendship; truce
    to make pax with someone
    to be good pax (i.e. good friends)

Interjection

pax

  1. (Britain, schoolboy slang, dated) A cry for peace or truce in children's games.
Translations

Etymology 2

Abbreviation of passenger. X is an abbreviation marker as in DX, TX and canx.

Noun

pax ‎(plural pax)

  1. (informal, usually in the plural) passenger; passengers
  2. (informal, usually in the plural, by extension, hospitality industry) guest (at an event or function)
Translations

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-. See related terms.

Pronunciation

Noun

pāx f ‎(genitive pācis); third declension

  1. peace
    Spero ut pācem habeant semper.‎
    I hope that they may always have peace.
    Donec, infecta pāce, ad arma desilirent.‎
    While at length the peace being broken off, they came to strive and fight with arms.
  2. harmony

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative pāx pācēs
genitive pācis pācum
dative pācī pācibus
accusative pācem pācēs
ablative pāce pācibus
vocative pāx pācēs

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

Interjection

pāx!

  1. silence! be silent! hush!
    • c. 254-184 BCE, Plautus, Miles Gloriosus, 3.1.213
      Pax! Abi!
      Hush! Be off!
    • c. 195-159 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Heauton Timorumenos, 2.3.49
      Capillus passus, prolixus, circum caput reiectus negligenter; pax.
      Her hair was loose, long, and thrown back negligently about her temples. Do you hold your peace.
    • c. 254-184 BCE, Plautus, Trinummus, 4.2.46
      Pax, id est nomen mihi; hoc cottidianus.
      Hush, that's my name; my everyday name.

References

  • pax in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • pax in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • PAX in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • Félix Gaffiot (1934), “pax”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
  • Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to treat with some one about peace: agere cum aliquo de pace
    • to propose terms of peace: pacis condiciones ferre (not proponere)
    • to dictate the terms of peace to some one: pacis condiciones dare, dicere alicui (Liv. 29. 12)
    • to accept the terms of the peace: pacis condiciones accipere, subire (opp. repudiare, respuere)
    • peace is concluded on condition that..: pax convenit in eam condicionem, ut...
    • deep peace: summa pax
    • allow me to say: pace tua dixerim or dicere liceat
    • (ambiguous) to bring about a peace: pacem conciliare (Fam. 10. 27)
    • (ambiguous) to make peace with some one: pacem facere cum aliquo
    • (ambiguous) to break the peace: pacem dirimere, frangere
  • pax in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • pax in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Lojban

Rafsi

pax

  1. rafsi of patxu.

Swedish

Etymology

Since 1880 from Latin pāx ‎(“peace”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /paks/
  • Homophone: packs

Interjection

pax

  1. (children’s language) dibs (to claim a stake to something); used as a noun with the verbs få “get, receive” and ha “have”, or as a verb; att paxa.
    Pax för soffan! - “I have (first) dibs on the sofa!”
    Jag fick pax på framsätet! - “I got dibs on shotgun!”
    Jag har paxat fåtöljen - I "have dibbed" the armchair

Synonyms

  • tjing

Etymology

From Latin pax.

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