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mordax
mordax
Latin
Adjective
mordax m, f, n (genitive mordācis); third declension
Inflection
Third declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| nominative | mordax | mordācēs | mordācia | ||
| genitive | mordācis | mordācium | |||
| dative | mordācī | mordācibus | |||
| accusative | mordācem | mordax | mordācēs | mordācia | |
| ablative | mordācī | mordācibus | |||
| vocative | mordax | mordācēs | mordācia | ||
Derived terms
- mordacitas
Descendants
- English: mordacious
- French: mordache
- Italian: mordace, mordacchia
- Portuguese: mordaz, mordaça
- Spanish: mordaz, mordaza
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, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “mordax”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.