mordax

== Latin == === Etymology === From mordeō (“to bite”) + -āx (“inclined to”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈmɔr.daːks] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈmɔr.daks] === Adjective === mordāx (genitive mordācis); third-declension one-termination adjective biting; snappish; tart cutting caustic ==== Declension ==== Third-declension one-termination adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== mordācitās ==== Descendants ==== === References === “mordax”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “mordax”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "mordax", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “mordax”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.