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English
Etymology
From Latin vindex.
Noun
vindex (plural vindices)
- (historical) An official who supervised tax collection in the ancient Roman Empire.
Latin
Etymology
From vim + the root of dīcere (“to indicate”) + -s. Compare iūdex.
Pronunciation
Noun
vindex m or f (genitive vindicis); third declension
- protector, defender, maintainer
- Synonyms: dēfēnsor, cū̆stōs, praeses, appāritor
- claimant, vindicator
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “vindex”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “vindex”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- vindex in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “vindex”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “vindex”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
- “vindicate”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.