rapax

Latin

Etymology

From rapiō (“I grab”) +‎ -āx (“inclined to”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈra.paːks/, [ˈräpäːks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈra.paks/, [ˈräːpäks]

Adjective

rapāx (genitive rapācis, comparative rapācior); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. grasping, greedy of plunder, rapacious

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	rapāx			rapācēs	rapācia
Genitive	rapācis			rapācium
Dative	rapācī			rapācibus
Accusative	rapācem	rapāx		rapācēs	rapācia
Ablative	rapācī			rapācibus
Vocative	rapāx			rapācēs	rapācia

Derived terms

• rapācitās

Descendants

• Asturian: rapaz
• English: rapacious
• French: rapace
• Galician: lobo rabaz

• Italian: rapace
• Portuguese: rapaz, rapace
• Sicilian: rapaci
• Spanish: rapaz

References

• “rapax”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “rapax”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• rapax in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.