axo

See also: axó and -axo-

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto akso, English axis, axle, French axe, German Achse, Italian asse, Russian ось (osʹ), Spanish eje, most from Latin axis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈakso/

Noun

axo (plural axi)

1. (geometry) axis
2. axle

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵ- (“to say”). Compare Latin aiō (“I say”), adagium (“proverb”), Ancient Greek ἠμί (ēmí, “to say”), Old Armenian ասեմ (asem, “to say”), and Sanskrit आख्याति (ākhyāti, “to name, speak, tell”), Sanskrit अक्षर (akṣara, “speech, word, syllable, letter”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈak.soː/, [ˈäks̠oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈak.so/, [ˈäkso]

Verb

axō (present infinitive axāre, perfect active axāvī, supine axātum); first conjugation

1. I name, I nominate

Conjugation

Conjugation of axō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	axō	axās	axat	axāmus	axātis	axant
	imperfect	axābam	axābās	axābat	axābāmus	axābātis	axābant
	future	axābō	axābis	axābit	axābimus	axābitis	axābunt
	perfect	axāvī	axāvistī	axāvit	axāvimus	axāvistis	axāvērunt, axāvēre
	pluperfect	axāveram	axāverās	axāverat	axāverāmus	axāverātis	axāverant
	future perfect	axāverō	axāveris	axāverit	axāverimus	axāveritis	axāverint
passive	present	axor	axāris, axāre	axātur	axāmur	axāminī	axantur
	imperfect	axābar	axābāris, axābāre	axābātur	axābāmur	axābāminī	axābantur
	future	axābor	axāberis, axābere	axābitur	axābimur	axābiminī	axābuntur
	perfect	axātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	axātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	axātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	axem	axēs	axet	axēmus	axētis	axent
	imperfect	axārem	axārēs	axāret	axārēmus	axārētis	axārent
	perfect	axāverim	axāverīs	axāverit	axāverīmus	axāverītis	axāverint
	pluperfect	axāvissem	axāvissēs	axāvisset	axāvissēmus	axāvissētis	axāvissent
passive	present	axer	axēris, axēre	axētur	axēmur	axēminī	axentur
	imperfect	axārer	axārēris, axārēre	axārētur	axārēmur	axārēminī	axārentur
	perfect	axātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	axātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	axā	—	—	axāte	—
	future	—	axātō	axātō	—	axātōte	axantō
passive	present	—	axāre	—	—	axāminī	—
	future	—	axātor	axātor	—	—	axantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		axāre	axāvisse	axātūrum esse	axārī	axātum esse	axātum īrī
participles		axāns	—	axātūrus	—	axātus	axandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		axandī	axandō	axandum	axandō	axātum	axātū

Derived terms

• axāmenta

References

• “axare”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• axo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.