adjectivethird-declension one-termination adjective
edāx
edāx (genitive edācis, comparative edācior, superlative edācissimus)
Classical[ˈɛ.daːks]Ecclesiastical[ˈɛː.daks]
Meaning
- one terminationgreedy, gluttonous, rapacious, voracious, consuming, devourer.
Alere nolunt hominem edacem.
They won't keep a greedy man.Tempus edax rerum.
Time, the devourer of things. - one terminationdestructive
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
quī omnia ēst et cōnsūmitedāx edācis — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 18
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | edāx | edāx | edāx |
| genitive | edācis | edācis | edācis |
| dative | edācī | edācī | edācī |
| accusative | edācem | edācem | edāx |
| ablative | edācī edāce | edācī edāce | edācī edāce |
| vocative | edāx | edāx | edāx |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | edācēs | edācēs | edācia |
| genitive | edācium | edācium | edācium |
| dative | edācibus | edācibus | edācibus |
| accusative | edācīs edācēs | edācīs edācēs | edācia |
| ablative | edācibus | edācibus | edācibus |
| vocative | edācēs | edācēs | edācia |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- multi cibi esse, edacem esse
- to be a great eater.
ĕdax, ācis, adj. 1. edo; cf. Sanscr. adakas,
I. voracious, gluttonous.
I. Prop., Plaut. Pers. 3, 3, 16; Ter. Eun. prol. 38; id. Heaut. prol. 38; Cic. Fl. 17, 41; id. Fam. 9, 20, 2 (abl. edaci, as in Ov. M. 15, 354; Val. Fl. 6, 420 et saep.); Hor. S. 2, 2, 92; id. Ep. 2, 1, 173; Ov. Tr. 1, 6, 11:
vultur, rapacious, id. Am. 2, 6, 33 et saep.—Sup.: edacissima animalia, Sen. Ep. 60, 2.—II. Poet. transf., of inanimate and abstr. things, devouring, destroying:
ignis, Verg. A. 2, 758; Ov. M. 9, 202; id. F. 4, 785: imber, Hor. C. 3, 30, 3: natura, Ov. M. 15, 354: tempus, id. P. 4, 10, 7; cf. with gen.: tempus rerum, id. M. 15, 234: vetustas, id. ib. 15, 872: curae, gnawing, Hor. C. 2, 11, 18 et saep.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
edāx ācis, adj.
ED-, greedy, voracious, gluttonous, rapacious : hospes: dominus, H.— Devouring, destructive : ignis, V.: imber, H.: curae, gnawing , H.: tempus rerum, O.
Origins
From edō (“to eat”) + -āx (“inclined to”).