taxo

See also: taxo-

Latin

Etymology 1

Frequentative of tangō (“I touch”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈtak.soː/, [ˈt̪äks̠oː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtak.so/, [ˈt̪äkso]

Verb

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

1. I feel, I touch sharply, I handle.
2. I charge, I twit, I reproach, I censure.
3. I rate, I appraise, I value, I estimate.
4. I judge, I compute, I reckon, I estimate.

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		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		taxāre	taxāvisse	taxātūrum esse	taxārī	taxātum esse	taxātum īrī
participles		taxāns	—	taxātūrus	—	taxātus	taxandus
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

• Catalan: taxar
• → English: tax, taste
• French: taxer, tâcher
• Galician: taxar
• Italian: tassare

• → Norwegian Bokmål: taksere
• Portuguese: taxar
• Romanian: taxa
• Sicilian: tasciari
• Spanish: tasar

Etymology 2

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

Alternative forms

• taxus

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈtak.soː/, [ˈt̪äks̠oː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtak.so/, [ˈt̪äkso]

Noun

taxō m (genitive taxonis); third declension

1. (Late Latin) badger

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	taxō	taxonēs
Genitive	taxonis	taxonum
Dative	taxonī	taxonibus
Accusative	taxonem	taxonēs
Ablative	taxone	taxonibus
Vocative	taxō	taxonēs

Descendants

See also descendants at taxus.

• Aragonese: taxón
• Asturian: texón
• Catalan: teixó, toixó
• Old French: taisson
  • ⇒ Middle French: taisnere, tesniere
    • French: tanière
• Portuguese: texugo
• Spanish: tejón, texon
  • → Tetelcingo Nahuatl: texu

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈtaːk.soː/, [ˈt̪äːks̠oː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtak.so/, [ˈt̪äkso]

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’s 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

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈta.ʃu/, [ˈta.ʃu]

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

Verb

taxo

1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of taxar