audax
English
Etymology
From Latin audāx, via Italian.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɔː.dæks/
Noun
audax (plural audaxes)
- (cycling) A non-competitive long-distance (often over 200 km) cycling event.
Derived terms
- audaxer
Italian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Latin audāx.
Noun
audax m (invariable)
- audax
Latin
Etymology
From audeō + -āx.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈau̯.daːks/, [ˈäu̯d̪äːks̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈau̯.daks/, [ˈäːu̯d̪äks]
Adjective
audāx (genitive audācis, comparative audācior, superlative audācissimus, adverb audāciter or audācter); third-declension one-termination adjective
- bold, audacious, daring
- Synonyms: audēns, prōmptus, bellicus
- Antonym: timidus
- presumptuous
Usage notes
Audax can mean daring in two senses: courageous, spirited and foolhardy, presumptuous, rash.
Declension
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | audāx | audācēs | audācia | ||
| Genitive | audācis | audācium | |||
| Dative | audācī | audācibus | |||
| Accusative | audācem | audāx | audācēs | audācia | |
| Ablative | audācī | audācibus | |||
| Vocative | audāx | audācēs | audācia | ||
Derived terms
Derived terms
- audācia
- audācior
- audācissimus
- audāciter
- audācter
- audāculus
Descendants
- Catalan: audaç
- → English: audacious
- French: audacieux
- Galician: audaz
- Italian: audace
- → Portuguese: audaz
- Spanish: audaz
References
- “audax”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “audax”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- audax in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- audax in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette