nugax
Latin
Etymology
From nūgor (“I play the fool”) + -āx.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈnuː.ɡaːks]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈnuː.ɡaks]
Adjective
nūgāx (genitive nūgācis); third-declension one-termination adjective
Declension
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masc./fem. | neuter | masc./fem. | neuter | ||
| nominative | nūgāx | nūgācēs | nūgācia | ||
| genitive | nūgācis | nūgācium | |||
| dative | nūgācī | nūgācibus | |||
| accusative | nūgācem | nūgāx | nūgācēs | nūgācia | |
| ablative | nūgācī | nūgācibus | |||
| vocative | nūgāx | nūgācēs | nūgācia | ||
References
- “nugax”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press