salax

== Latin == === Etymology === From saliō (“to leap, jump”) + -āx (“inclined to”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈsa.ɫaːks] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈsaː.laks] === Adjective === salāx (genitive salācis); third-declension one-termination adjective (especially of male animals) prone to leaping salacious, lustful, lecherous, lascivious lust-provoking, provocative ==== Declension ==== Third-declension one-termination adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== salācitās saliō ==== Descendants ==== →⇒ English: salacious → French: salace → Italian: salace → Portuguese: salaz → Spanish: salaz === 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, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “salax”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.