ferax

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Latin

Etymology

From ferō (“I bear, carry”) +‎ -āx (“inclined to”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

ferāx (genitive ferācis, comparative ferācior, superlative ferācissimus, adverb ferāciter); third-declension one-termination adjective

  1. fruitful, fertile

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative ferāx ferācēs ferācia
genitive ferācis ferācium
dative ferācī ferācibus
accusative ferācem ferāx ferācēs ferācia
ablative ferācī ferācibus
vocative ferāx ferācēs ferācia

Descendants

  • Catalan: feraç
  • Galician: feraz
  • Italian: ferace
  • Portuguese: feraz
  • Spanish: feraz

References

  • “ferax”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “ferax”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ferax in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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