dapifex

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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

  1. a servant who prepares food.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative dapifex dapificēs
genitive dapificis dapificum
dative dapificī dapificibus
accusative dapificem dapificēs
ablative dapifice dapificibus
vocative dapifex dapificēs

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.
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