sternax

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Latin

Etymology

From sternō (I strike down, prostrate).

Adjective

sternāx (genitive sternācis); third-declension one-termination adjective

  1. that throws to the ground (especially of horses)
  2. that fall prostrate (of suppliants)

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative sternāx sternācēs sternācia
genitive sternācis sternācium
dative sternācī sternācibus
accusative sternācem sternāx sternācēs sternācia
ablative sternācī sternācibus
vocative sternāx sternācēs sternācia

References

  • sternax”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • sternax in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.