tagax

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Latin

Etymology

tango (“I touch”) +‎ -āx (“inclined to”)

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈta.ɡaːks/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈta.ɡaks/,

Adjective

tagāx (genitive tagācis); third-declension one-termination adjective

that is apt to touch
(rare) thievish, light-fingered, sticky-fingered

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
	singular			plural
nominative	tagāx			tagācēs	tagācia
genitive	tagācis			tagācium
dative	tagācī			tagācibus
accusative	tagācem	tagāx		tagācēs	tagācia
ablative	tagācī			tagācibus
vocative	tagāx			tagācēs	tagācia

Descendants

Portuguese: tagaz

References

“tagax”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“tagax”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

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