mordax

Latin

Etymology

From mordeō (I bite) + -āx (inclined to).

Pronunciation

Adjective

mordāx (genitive mordācis); third-declension one-termination adjective

  1. biting; snappish; tart
  2. cutting
  3. caustic

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative mordāx mordācēs mordācia
Genitive mordācis mordācium
Dative mordācī mordācibus
Accusative mordācem mordāx mordācēs mordācia
Ablative mordācī mordācibus
Vocative mordāx mordācēs mordācia

Derived terms

  • mordācitās

Descendants

References

  • mordax”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • mordax”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • mordax in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • mordax in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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