evax
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Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek εὐαί (euaí), εὐοῖ (euoî), εὐοἵ (euhoí) or similar, all containing εὖ (eû, “good”). Cf. euhoe.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /eu̯ˈu̯aks/, [ɛu̯ˈu̯äks̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /eu̯ˈvaks/, [eu̯ˈväks]
- Note: as is regular in Ancient Greek, the intervocalic /w/ is doubled.
Interjection
[edit]evax
Further reading
[edit]- “evax”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- evax in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “evax”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray