interjection
tax
tax
Classical[ˈtaks]Ecclesiastical[ˈtaks]
Meaning
- an onomatopoeia expressing the sound of blows, whack, crack
Tux tax tergum meo erit. Non curo.
My back will get whack, whack. I don't care.c. 197 BCE, Plautus, Persa 2.3.14
tax, an onomatopee, expressing the sound of blows, Engl.
I. whack:
tax tax tergo meo erit: non curo, my back will get whack, whack, Plaut. Pers. 2, 3, 12 (Ritschl reads tuxtax).