donax
See also: Donax
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin donax (“reed; also a marine fish”), from Ancient Greek δόναξ (dónax).
Noun
donax (plural donaxes)
- (botany) A canelike grass of southern Europe (Arundo donax), used for fishing rods, etc.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “donax”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek δόναξ (dónax).
Noun
donax m (genitive donacis); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | donax | donacēs |
Genitive | donacis | donacum |
Dative | donacī | donacibus |
Accusative | donacem | donacēs |
Ablative | donace | donacibus |
Vocative | donax | donacēs |
References
- “donax”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- donax in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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