capax
Latin
Etymology
Derived from capiō (“I hold, contain, am large enough for”) + -āx (“inclined to”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈka.paːks/, [ˈkäpäːks̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈka.paks/, [ˈkäːpäks]
Adjective
capāx (genitive capācis, comparative capācior, superlative capācissimus); third-declension one-termination adjective
- That can contain or hold much; wide, large, spacious, capacious, roomy.
- Susceptible, capable of, able, apt, fit for.
Declension
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | capāx | capācēs | capācia | ||
| Genitive | capācis | capācium | |||
| Dative | capācī | capācibus | |||
| Accusative | capācem | capāx | capācēs | capācia | |
| Ablative | capācī | capācibus | |||
| Vocative | capāx | capācēs | capācia | ||
Synonyms
- (capable, apt): appositus, aptus, habilis, idōneus, potēns, potis
- (spacious): amplus, laxus, magnus, spatiōsus
Antonyms
- (capable of): incapāx
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “capax”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “capax”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- capax in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- capax in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.