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.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender 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.
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