ferax

Latin

Etymology

From ferō (“I bear, carry”) +‎ -āx (“inclined to”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈfɛ.raːks]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈfɛː.raks]

Adjective

ferāx (genitive ferācis, comparative ferācior, superlative ferācissimus, adverb ferāciter); third-declension one-termination adjective

fruitful, fertile

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

	masc./fem.	neuter	masc./fem.	neuter
	singular		plural
nominative	ferāx		ferācēs	ferācia
genitive	ferācis		ferācium
dative	ferācī		ferācibus
accusative	ferācem	ferāx	ferācēs	ferācia
ablative	ferācī		ferācibus
vocative	ferāx		ferācēs	ferācia

Descendants

Catalan: feraç
Galician: feraz
Italian: ferace
Portuguese: feraz
Spanish: feraz

References

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