rapax

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Latin

Etymology

From rapiō (“I grab”) +‎ -āx (“inclined to”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈra.paːks/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈra.paks/,

Adjective

rapāx (genitive rapācis, comparative rapācior); third-declension one-termination adjective

grasping, greedy of plunder, rapacious

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
	singular			plural
nominative	rapāx			rapācēs	rapācia
genitive	rapācis			rapācium
dative	rapācī			rapācibus
accusative	rapācem	rapāx		rapācēs	rapācia
ablative	rapācī			rapācibus
vocative	rapāx			rapācēs	rapācia

Derived terms

rapācitās

Descendants

Asturian: rapaz
English: rapacious
French: rapace
Italian: rapace
Mirandese: rapaç
Old Galician-Portuguese: rapaz
- Galician: rapaz
- Portuguese: rapaz
Romanian: rapace
Sicilian: rapaci
Spanish: rapaz

References

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

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