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rapax

rapax

Latin

Adjective

rapāx m, f, n ‎(genitive rapācis); third declension

grasping, greedy of plunder, rapacious

Inflection

Third declension.

Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Number	Singular			Plural
nominative	rapāx			rapācēs	rapācia
genitive	rapācis			rapācium
dative	rapācī			rapācibus
accusative	rapācem	rapāx		rapācēs	rapācia
ablative	rapācī			rapācibus
vocative	rapāx			rapācēs	rapācia

Descendants

Asturian: rapaz
English: rapacious
French: rapace

Italian: rapace
Portuguese: rapaz, rapace
Spanish: rapaz

References

rapax in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
rapax in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Félix Gaffiot (1934), “rapax”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.