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salax
salax
Latin
Adjective
salāx m, f, n (genitive salācis); third declension
- (especially of male animals) Prone to leaping.
- Salacious, lustful, lecherous, lascivious.
- Lust-provoking, provocative.
Inflection
Third declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| nominative | salāx | salācēs | salācia | ||
| genitive | salācis | salācium | |||
| dative | salācī | salācibus | |||
| accusative | salācem | salāx | salācēs | salācia | |
| ablative | salācī | salācibus | |||
| vocative | salāx | salācēs | salācia | ||
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- salax in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- salax in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- SALAX in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “salax”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.