edax Latin · revision 32754

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *h₁ed-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈɛ.daːks]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈɛː.daks]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''edāx''' (genitive edācis, comparative edācior, superlative edācissimus); third-declension one-termination adjective^(Wiktionary)

+ The ablative singular is ''edācī'';^(TLL)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Seneca has the superlative ''edācissimus''.^(TLL)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|edō|-āx|t1=to eat]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) De Vaan traces [[m|la|edō]] to [[itc-pro|*ed-|t=to eat]] and [[ine-pro|*h₁ed-|t=to eat]], comparing [[osc|edum|t=to eat]], [[sa|अद्मि|tr=ádmi|t=I eat]] and [[grc|ἔδω|tr=édō|t=to eat]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan and Köbler date it from Plautus.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is voracious or gluttonous: Terence's prologue names the greedy parasite among stock characters, and Cicero and Horace use it too.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Of fire, poison or time it is devouring or destructive: Virgil has devouring fire rolling up to the rooftops.^(OLD 2012) Of care, envy or grief it is consuming or gnawing: Horace says Bacchus scatters gnawing cares.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence of a greedy parasite.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil of devouring fire.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace of gnawing cares.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|voracious|alt=Voracious]], [[m|en|gluttonous]], greedy.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Of fire, time and the like, devouring, destructive.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Of care or grief, consuming, gnawing.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[edācitās]]

+ * [[inedax]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[edo|alt=edō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}