tagax

Latin

Etymology

tango (“I touch”) +‎ -āx (“inclined to”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈta.ɡaːks/, [ˈt̪äɡäːks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈta.ɡaks/, [ˈt̪äːɡäks]

Adjective

tagāx (genitive tagācis); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. that is apt to touch
2. (rare) thievish, light-fingered, sticky-fingered

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	tagāx			tagācēs	tagācia
Genitive	tagācis			tagācium
Dative	tagācī			tagācibus
Accusative	tagācem	tagāx		tagācēs	tagācia
Ablative	tagācī			tagācibus
Vocative	tagāx			tagācēs	tagācia

Descendants

• Portuguese: tagaz

References

• “tagax”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “tagax”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers