edax

Latin

Etymology

Derived from edō (“I eat”) +‎ -āx (“inclined to”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

edāx (genitive edācis, comparative edācior, superlative edācissimus); third-declension one-termination adjective

  1. 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.
  2. destructive

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

singular plural
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

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
  • edax in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to be a great eater: multi cibi esse, edacem esse
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