tagax
Latin
Etymology
tango (“I touch”) + -āx (“inclined to”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈta.ɡaːks]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈt̪aː.ɡaks]
Adjective
tagāx (genitive tagācis); third-declension one-termination adjective
- that is apt to touch
- (rare) thievish, light-fingered, sticky-fingered
Declension
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masc./fem. | neuter | masc./fem. | neuter | ||
| nominative | tagāx | tagācēs | tagācia | ||
| genitive | tagācis | tagācium | |||
| dative | tagācī | tagācibus | |||
| accusative | tagācem | tagāx | tagācēs | tagācia | |
| ablative | tagācī | tagācibus | |||
| vocative | tagāx | tagācēs | tagācia | ||
Descendants
- Portuguese: tagaz
References
- “tagax”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “tagax”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers