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Latin
Etymology
From dap(i) (“meal”) + -fex (“suffix representing a maker or producer”).
Pronunciation
Noun
dapifex m (genitive dapificis); third declension
- a servant who prepares food.
Declension
Third-declension noun.
References
- “dapifex”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- dapifex in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.