audax

English

Etymology

From Latin audāx, via Italian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔː.dæks/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

audax (plural audaxes)

1. (cycling) A non-competitive long-distance (often over 200 km) cycling event.
   • 2019, Emily Chappell, Where There's a Will:

     […] the self-acknowledged stereotype of the audaxer as a socially awkward middle-aged man, […] carefully avoiding eye contact as a volunteer serves him his cup of tea and plate of baked beans in one of the draughty village halls that typically host audax controls.

   • 2023 January 15, Paul Norman, “Everything you need to know about audax riding: events, brevet cards and bike setup explained”, in BikeRadar‎:

     Probably the best-known aspect of audaxes is the brevet card. This is a small card you must have stamped at various checkpoints, called controls, along the route, to prove you’ve ridden the audax, completed each section within the time limit and not taken the train.

Derived terms

• audaxer

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin audāx.

Noun

audax m (invariable)

1. audax

Latin

Etymology

From audeō +‎ -āx. The term may be connected to South Picene 𐌀𐌞𐌃𐌀𐌒𐌖𐌌 (aúdaqum).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈau̯.daːks]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈaːu̯.d̪aks]

Adjective

audāx (genitive audācis, comparative audācior, superlative audācissimus, adverb audāciter or audācter); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. bold, audacious, daring

   Synonyms: audēns, prōmptus, bellicus

   Antonyms: timidus, pavidus

2. presumptuous

Usage notes

Audax can mean daring in two senses: courageous, spirited and foolhardy, presumptuous, rash.

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	audāx			audācēs	audācia
genitive	audācis			audācium
dative	audācī			audācibus
accusative	audācem	audāx		audācēs	audācia
ablative	audācī			audācibus
vocative	audāx			audācēs	audācia

Derived terms

Derived terms

• audācia
• audācior
• audācissimus
• audāciter
• audācter
• audāculus

Descendants

• Catalan: audaç
• → English: audacious
• French: audacieux
• Galician: audaz
• Italian: audace
• → Portuguese: audaz
• Spanish: audaz

References

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