ferax

Latin

Etymology

From ferō (“I bear, carry”) +‎ -āx (“inclined to”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfe.raːks/, [ˈfɛräːks̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfe.raks/, [ˈfɛːräks]

Adjective

ferāx (genitive ferācis, comparative ferācior, superlative ferācissimus, adverb ferāciter); third-declension one-termination adjective

fruitful, fertile

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter	Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Number	Singular		Plural
Nominative	ferāx		ferācēs	ferācia
Genitive	ferācis		ferācium
Dative	ferācī		ferācibus
Accusative	ferācem	ferāx	ferācēs	ferācia
Ablative	ferācī		ferācibus
Vocative	ferāx		ferācēs	ferācia

Descendants

Catalan: feraç
Galician: feraz
Italian: ferace
Portuguese: feraz
Spanish: feraz

References

“ferax”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“ferax”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
ferax in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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