salax
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From saliō (“I leap, jump”) + -āx (“inclined to”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
salāx (genitive salācis); third declension
- (especially of male animals) Prone to leaping.
- Salacious, lustful, lecherous, lascivious.
- Lust-provoking, provocative.
Inflection[edit]
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| nominative | salāx | salācēs | salācia | ||
| genitive | salācis | salācium | |||
| dative | salācī | salācibus | |||
| accusative | salācem | salāx | salācēs | salācia | |
| ablative | salācī | salācibus | |||
| vocative | salāx | salācēs | salācia | ||
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- salax in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- salax in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- du Cange, Charles (1883), “salax”, in G. A. Louis Henschel, Pierre Carpentier, Léopold Favre, editors, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (in Latin), Niort: L. Favre
- “salax” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)
