expugnax

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Latin

Etymology

expūgnō (“to subdue”) +‎ -āx

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ekˈspuːɡ.naːks/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ekˈspuɲ.ɲaks/,

Adjective

expūgnāx (genitive expūgnācis); third-declension one-termination adjective

(rare) victorious, effectual

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
	singular			plural
nominative	expūgnāx			expūgnācēs	expūgnācia
genitive	expūgnācis			expūgnācium
dative	expūgnācī			expūgnācibus
accusative	expūgnācem	expūgnāx		expūgnācēs	expūgnācia
ablative	expūgnācī			expūgnācibus
vocative	expūgnāx			expūgnācēs	expūgnācia

References

“expugnax”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“expugnax”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

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