bibax

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Latin

Etymology

From bibō (“I drink”) +‎ -āx (“inclined to”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈbi.baːks/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbi.baks/,

Adjective

bibāx (genitive bibācis); third-declension one-termination adjective

Given or addicted to drink or drinking, fond of drink, bibulous.

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
	singular			plural
nominative	bibāx			bibācēs	bibācia
genitive	bibācis			bibācium
dative	bibācī			bibācibus
accusative	bibācem	bibāx		bibācēs	bibācia
ablative	bibācī			bibācibus
vocative	bibāx			bibācēs	bibācia

Synonyms

(given to drinking): bibōsus

Related terms

Descendants

Italian: bevace, bibace

References

“bibax”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
bibax in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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