vindex

English

Etymology

From Latin vindex.

Noun

vindex (plural vindices)

1. (historical) An official who supervised tax collection in the ancient Roman Empire.

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *wéyHs

Proto-Italic *wīs

Latin vim

Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ-

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *déyḱs

Proto-Italic *-diks

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin -dicōbf.

Latin dīcere

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Latin -s

Latin vindex

From vim (“force”) + dīcere (“to indicate”) + -s. Compare iūdex.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈwɪn.dɛks]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈvin.deks]

Noun

vindex m or f (genitive vindicis); third declension

1. protector, defender, maintainer

   Synonyms: dēfēnsor, custōs, praeses, appāritor

2. claimant, vindicator

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	vindex	vindicēs
genitive	vindicis	vindicum
dative	vindicī	vindicibus
accusative	vindicem	vindicēs
ablative	vindice	vindicibus
vocative	vindex	vindicēs

Derived terms

• vindicālis (Mediaeval Latin)
• vindicia
• vindicō

Descendants

• → Italian: vindice (learned)

References

• “vindex”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “vindex”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “vindex”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “vindex”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “vindex”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “vindicate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.