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Latin
Etymology
Derived from capiō (“I hold, contain, am large enough for”) + -āx (“inclined to”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
capāx (genitive capācis, comparative capācior, superlative capācissimus); third-declension one-termination adjective
- That can contain or hold much; wide, large, spacious, capacious, roomy.
- Susceptible, capable of, able, apt, fit for.
Declension
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
Synonyms
- (capable, apt): appositus, aptus, habilis, idōneus, potēns, potis
- (spacious): amplus, laxus, magnus, spatiōsus, lātus
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of "capable of"): incapāx
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “capax”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “capax”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- capax 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)
- capax in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.