fugax

Latin

Etymology

Derived from fugiō (“I flee, escape”) +‎ -āx (“inclined to”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfu.ɡaːks/, [ˈfʊɡäːks̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfu.ɡaks/, [ˈfuːɡäks]

Adjective

fugāx (genitive fugācis, comparative fugācior, superlative fugācissimus, adverb fugāciter); third-declension one-termination adjective

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter	Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Number	Singular		Plural
Nominative	fugāx		fugācēs	fugācia
Genitive	fugācis		fugācium
Dative	fugācī		fugācibus
Accusative	fugācem	fugāx	fugācēs	fugācia
Ablative	fugācī		fugācibus
Vocative	fugāx		fugācēs	fugācia

Descendants

Catalan: fugaç
English: fugacious
French: fugace
Galician: fugaz
Italian: fugace
Occitan: fugaç
Portuguese: fugaz
Romanian: fugaci
Spanish: fugaz

References

“fugax”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“fugax”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
fugax in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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