taxo

See also: taxo-

Latin

Etymology 1

Possibly from Proto-Italic *taksō, perhaps an s-present variation of Proto-Italic *tangō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈtak.soː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈtak.so]

Verb

taxō (present infinitive taxāre, perfect active taxāvī, supine taxātum); first conjugation

1. to feel, to touch sharply, to handle
2. to charge, to twit, to reproach, to censure
3. to rate, to appraise, to value, to estimate
4. to judge, to compute, to reckon, to estimate
5. (Medieval Latin) to tax

Conjugation

   Conjugation of taxō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	taxō		taxās		taxat		taxāmus		taxātis		taxant
	imperfect	taxābam		taxābās		taxābat		taxābāmus		taxābātis		taxābant
	future	taxābō		taxābis		taxābit		taxābimus		taxābitis		taxābunt
	perfect	taxāvī		taxāvistī		taxāvit		taxāvimus		taxāvistis		taxāvērunt, taxāvēre
	pluperfect	taxāveram		taxāverās		taxāverat		taxāverāmus		taxāverātis		taxāverant
	future perfect	taxāverō		taxāveris		taxāverit		taxāverimus		taxāveritis		taxāverint
passive	present	taxor		taxāris, taxāre		taxātur		taxāmur		taxāminī		taxantur
	imperfect	taxābar		taxābāris, taxābāre		taxābātur		taxābāmur		taxābāminī		taxābantur
	future	taxābor		taxāberis, taxābere		taxābitur		taxābimur		taxābiminī		taxābuntur
	perfect	taxātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	taxātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	taxātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	taxem		taxēs		taxet		taxēmus		taxētis		taxent
	imperfect	taxārem		taxārēs		taxāret		taxārēmus		taxārētis		taxārent
	perfect	taxāverim		taxāverīs		taxāverit		taxāverīmus		taxāverītis		taxāverint
	pluperfect	taxāvissem		taxāvissēs		taxāvisset		taxāvissēmus		taxāvissētis		taxāvissent
passive	present	taxer		taxēris, taxēre		taxētur		taxēmur		taxēminī		taxentur
	imperfect	taxārer		taxārēris, taxārēre		taxārētur		taxārēmur		taxārēminī		taxārentur
	perfect	taxātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	taxātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		taxā		—		—		taxāte		—
	future	—		taxātō		taxātō		—		taxātōte		taxantō
passive	present	—		taxāre		—		—		taxāminī		—
	future	—		taxātor		taxātor		—		—		taxantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		taxāre			taxārī			taxāns			—
future		taxātūrum esse			taxātum īrī			taxātūrus			taxandus
perfect		taxāvisse			taxātum esse			—			taxātus
future perfect		—			taxātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		taxātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		taxandī		taxandō		taxandum		taxandō		taxātum		taxātū

Synonyms

• (I touch): tangō, tractō
• (I value): aestimō

Derived terms

• dumtaxat
• taxātiō

Descendants

• Italo-Romance: (economic senses through Medieval Latin)
  • Italian: tassare, ⇒ tassa, tasso
  • Sicilian: tassari, tasciari, ⇒ tascia, tassa
• ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *taxitāre (see there for further descendants)

Borrowings through Medieval Latin taxare (“to tax”):

• → Asturian: tasar, ⇒ tasa (semi-learned)
• → Catalan: taxar, ⇒ taxa
• → Galician: taxar, ⇒ taxa
• → Norwegian Bokmål: taksere
• → Old French: taxer, tauxer, tausser (see there for further descendants)
  • → English: tax, task
• → Portuguese: taxar, ⇒ taxa
• → Spanish: tasar, ⇒ tasa (semi-learned)
• ⇒ Medieval Latin: tasca
  • → Old French: tasche, tasque, take (northern), tache (see there for further descendants)

Etymology 2

From Frankish *þahs, from Proto-Germanic *þahsuz (“badger”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *teḱ- (“construct”) after the badger's construction of its setts (compare texō).

Alternative forms

• taxus

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈtak.soː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈtak.so]

Noun

taxō m (genitive taxonis); third declension

1. (Late Latin) badger

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	taxō	taxonēs
genitive	taxonis	taxonum
dative	taxonī	taxonibus
accusative	taxonem	taxonēs
ablative	taxone	taxonibus
vocative	taxō	taxonēs

Descendants

(Note: see also taxus.)

• Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: teixó, toixó
  • Franco-Provençal: tasson
  • Occitan: taisson, teisson
    • Gascon: taishon, teishon
  • Old French: taisson
    • ⇒ Middle French: taisnere, tesniere
      • French: tanière
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Aragonese: taxón, teixón, texón
  • Asturian: texón, teixón
  • Galician: teixón
  • Spanish: texón
    • Spanish: tejón
      • → Tetelcingo Nahuatl: texu

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈtaːk.soː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈtak.so]

Verb

tāxō

1. (Old Latin) first-person singular sigmatic future active indicative of tangō

Usage notes

See explanation at tangō.

References

• “taxo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "taxo", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “taxo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈta.ʃu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈta.ʃu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈta.ʃo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈta.ʃu/

• Rhymes: -aʃu
• Homophone: tacho
• Hyphenation: ta‧xo

Verb

taxo

1. first-person singular present indicative of taxar