vatax
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *wat- (“curved”). Cognate with vatius (“bow-legged”), Proto-Germanic *waþwô (“curve, bend; calf of the leg, knee”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈu̯a.taːks/, [ˈu̯ät̪äːks̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈva.taks/, [ˈväːt̪äks]
Adjective
vatāx (genitive vatācis); third-declension one-termination adjective
- with crooked feet
Usage notes
The orthography was emended to vatrāx because it was supposedly derived from βάτραχος (bátrakhos, “frog”). It appears under this spelling in Lewis and Short.
Declension
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | vatāx | vatācēs | vatācia | ||
| Genitive | vatācis | vatācium | |||
| Dative | vatācī | vatācibus | |||
| Accusative | vatācem | vatāx | vatācēs | vatācia | |
| Ablative | vatācī | vatācibus | |||
| Vocative | vatāx | vatācēs | vatācia | ||
Related terms
- vatius
References
- “vā̆trāx”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- vatax in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
- Eric Herbert Warmington (1935) Remains of old Latin; newly edited and translated, page 274