adjectivethird-declension one-termination adjective
fugāx
fugāx (genitive fugācis, comparative fugācior, superlative fugācissimus, adverb fugāciter)
Classical[ˈfʊ.ɡaːks]Ecclesiastical[ˈfuː.ɡaks]
Meaning
- one terminationswift
- one terminationflying swiftly
- one terminationfleeting, transitory
[Tempus:] in huius reī ūnīus fugācīs ac lūbricae possessiōnem nātūra nōs mīsit, ex quā expellit quīcumque vult.
[Time:] Nature gave us ownership of this one fleeting and slippery thing, from which anyone who wants is dispossessing us.c. 4 BCE – 65 CE, Seneca Minor, Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium 1.1.3 - one terminationavoidant/avoiding, elusive
- one terminationcoy
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
quī semper fugitfugāx -ācis — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 3
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | fugāx | fugāx | fugāx |
| genitive | fugācis | fugācis | fugācis |
| dative | fugācī | fugācī | fugācī |
| accusative | fugācem | fugācem | fugāx |
| ablative | fugācī fugāce | fugācī fugāce | fugācī fugāce |
| vocative | fugāx | fugāx | fugāx |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | fugācēs | fugācēs | fugācia |
| genitive | fugācium | fugācium | fugācium |
| dative | fugācibus | fugācibus | fugācibus |
| accusative | fugācīs fugācēs | fugācīs fugācēs | fugācia |
| ablative | fugācibus | fugācibus | fugācibus |
| vocative | fugācēs | fugācēs | fugācia |
fŭgax, ācis, adj. fugio,
I. apt to flee, flying swiftly, swift, fleet (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; cf. fugitivus).
I. Lit.:
fugaces Lyncas et cervos cohibentis arcu, Hor. C. 4, 6, 33; so, caprea, Verg. A. 10, 724: ferae, id. ib. 9, 591: cervi, id. G. 3, 539: mors et fugacem persequitur virum, Hor. C. 3, 2, 14; cf.: comes atra (cura) premit sequiturque fugacem, id. S. 2, 7, 115: Pholoe, who flees from wooers, coy, id. C. 2, 5, 17: lympha, id. ib. 2, 3, 12.—Comp.: ventis, volucrique fugacior aurā, Ov. M. 13, 807.—Sup.: ignavissimus et fugacissimus hostis, Liv. 5, 28, 8.—As a term of vituperation, of a slave: lurco, edax, furax, fugax, runaway, Plaut. Pers. 3, 3, 16.—II. Trop.
A. Fleeting, transitory: haec omnia quae habent speciem gloriae, contemne: brevia, fugacia, caduca existima; * Cic. Fam. 10, 12, 5:
fugaces Labuntur anni, Hor. C. 2, 14, 1: blanditiae, Plin. poët. Ep. 7, 4, 7.—Comp.: non aliud pomum fugacius, that sooner spoils, Plin. 15, 12, 11, § 40.—Sup.: bona, Sen. Ep. 74 med.—B. With gen., fleeing, shunning, avoiding a thing:
sollicitaeque fugax ambitionis eram, Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 38: fugax rerum, id. ib. 3, 2, 9: fugacissimus gloriae, Sen. Ben. 4, 32.—Hence, adv.: fŭgācĭ-ter, in fleeing; only comp.: utrum a se audacius an fugacius ab hostibus geratur bellum, whether in prosecuting the war his own boldness or the enemy's disposition to flee was the greater, Liv. 28, 8, 3.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
fugāx ācis, adj. with comp. and sup.
2 FVG-, apt to flee, fleeing, timid, shy : lynces, H.: Caprea, V.: vir, H.: Pholoë, coy , H.: fugacissimus hostis, L.— Fleeing, swift, fleet : Lympha, H.: ventis fugacior, O.—Fig., fleeting, transitory : haec omnia: Labuntur anni, H.—With gen, fleeing, shunning, avoiding : ambitionis, O.: rerum, O.
Origins
Derived from fugiō (“to flee, escape”) + -āx (“inclined to”).
Descendants
- Catalanfugaç
- Englishfugacious
- Frenchfugace
- Italianfugace
- Occitanfugaç
- Portuguesefugaz
- Romanianfugaci
- Spanishfugaz
- Galicianfugaz