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Latin
Etymology
From petō + -āx.
Pronunciation
Adjective
petāx (genitive petācis, comparative petācior, superlative petācissimus); third-declension one-termination adjective
- (Late Latin, with genitive) catching at, striving after, greedy for
- Synonyms: cupidus, avidus, appetēns
6th century CE, Fabius Claudius Gordianus Fulgentius,
Mythologiae 2.1:
- Secunda (vīta) āctīva est, quae tantum vītae commodīs anxia, ornātūs petāx, habendī insatiāta, servandī sollicita geritur.
Declension
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
References
- “petax”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- petax in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
- petax in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.