emax

Latin

Etymology

Derived from emō (“I buy”) +‎ -āx (“inclined to”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɛ.maːks]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɛː.maks]

Adjective

emāx (genitive emācis); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. fond of buying

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	emāx			emācēs	emācia
genitive	emācis			emācium
dative	emācī			emācibus
accusative	emācem	emāx		emācīs emācēs	emācia
ablative	emācī emāce	emācī		emācibus
vocative	emāx			emācēs	emācia

Derived terms

• emacitas

References

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