cordax

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κόρδαξ (kórdax).

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkɔːdaks/

Noun

cordax (plural cordaxes)

  1. (historical) A lascivious dance featuring in Ancient Greek comedy.

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κόρδαξ (kórdax, “cordax dance”), from Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

Noun

cordax m (genitive cordacis); third declension

  1. a lively and salacious dance of Greek comedy
  2. a trochaic rhythm reminiscent of the dance

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cordax cordacēs
Genitive cordacis cordacum
Dative cordacī cordacibus
Accusative cordacem cordacēs
Ablative cordace cordacibus
Vocative cordax cordacēs

References
  • “cordax”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “cordax”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
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