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 | |||
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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
- salax in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- salax in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette