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Latin
Etymology
From trahō (“drag”) + -āx.
Pronunciation
Adjective
trahāx (genitive trahācis); third-declension one-termination adjective (hapax legomenon, Plautinian)
- that draws everything to himself, greedy, covetous
Declension
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
References
- “trahax”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- trahax in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.