currax

Latin

Etymology

currō (“to run”) +‎ -āx

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkur.raːks/, [ˈkʊrːäːks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkur.raks/, [ˈkurːäks]

Adjective

currāx (genitive currācis); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. (poetic) running fast, swift-footed

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	currāx			currācēs	currācia
Genitive	currācis			currācium
Dative	currācī			currācibus
Accusative	currācem	currāx		currācēs	currācia
Ablative	currācī			currācibus
Vocative	currāx			currācēs	currācia

References

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