vox

See also VOX, and VOx

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wōkʷs (“speech, voice”). Cognates include Sanskrit वाच् (vā́c) and Ancient Greek ὄψ (óps). Proto-Indo-European *wōkʷ- is an o-grade of *wekʷ-, which is where Ancient Greek ἔπος (épos) came from.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /woːks/

• Audio (Classical)

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Noun

vōx (genitive vōcis); f, third declension

1. voice
2. accent
3. speech, remark
4. (grammar) voice; indicating the relation of the subject of the verb to the action which the verb expresses
5. vocative singular of vox

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	vōx	vōcēs
genitive	vōcis	vōcum
dative	vōcī	vōcibus
accusative	vōcem	vōcēs
ablative	vōce	vōcibus
vocative	vōx	vōcēs

Derived terms

• vōx populī

Related terms

• vocalis
• vocare
• vociferari
• vocō
• vōcula

Descendants

Aromanian: boatse Catalan: veu Dalmatian: baud English: voice French: voix Italian: voce Jèrriais: vouaix

Occitan: votz Portuguese: voz Romanian: voce, boace Romansch: vusch Sardinian: boghe Sicilian: buci, vuci Spanish: voz Venetian: vóxe