fugax

Latin

Etymology

Derived from fugiō (“I flee, escape”) +‎ -āx (“inclined to”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈfu.ɡaːks/, [ˈfʊɡäːks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfu.ɡaks/, [ˈfuːɡäks]

Adjective

fugāx (genitive fugācis, comparative fugācior, superlative fugācissimus, adverb fugāciter); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. swift
2. flying swiftly
3. fleeting, transitory
4. avoidant/avoiding, elusive
5. coy

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	fugāx			fugācēs	fugācia
genitive	fugācis			fugācium
dative	fugācī			fugācibus
accusative	fugācem	fugāx		fugācēs	fugācia
ablative	fugācī			fugācibus
vocative	fugāx			fugācēs	fugācia

Descendants

• Catalan: fugaç
• English: fugacious
• French: fugace
• Galician: fugaz
• Italian: fugace
• Occitan: fugaç
• Portuguese: fugaz
• Romanian: fugaci
• Spanish: fugaz

References

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