rapax

Latin

Etymology

From rapiō (“I grab”) +‎ -āx (“inclined to”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

rapāx (genitive rapācis, comparative rapācior); third-declension one-termination adjective

  1. grasping, greedy of plunder, rapacious

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative rapāx rapācēs rapācia
genitive rapācis rapācium
dative rapācī rapācibus
accusative rapācem rapāx rapācēs rapācia
ablative rapācī rapācibus
vocative rapāx rapācēs rapācia

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Asturian: rapaz
  • English: rapacious
  • French: rapace
  • Italian: rapace
  • Mirandese: rapaç
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: rapaz
  • Romanian: rapace
  • Sicilian: rapaci
  • 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
  • rapax in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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