abstinax
Latin
Etymology
From abstineō (“I abstain”) + -āx (“inclined to”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈab.sti.naːks/, [ˈäps̠t̪ɪnäːks̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈab.sti.naks/, [ˈäbst̪inäks]
Adjective
abstināx (genitive abstinācis); third-declension one-termination adjective
- abstinent, abstemious
Declension
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | abstināx | abstinācēs | abstinācia | ||
| Genitive | abstinācis | abstinācium | |||
| Dative | abstinācī | abstinācibus | |||
| Accusative | abstinācem | abstināx | abstinācēs | abstinācia | |
| Ablative | abstinācī | abstinācibus | |||
| Vocative | abstināx | abstinācēs | abstinācia | ||
Synonyms
- abstinens
References
- “abstinax”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- abstinax 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)
- abstinax in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette