vindex

== English == === Etymology === From Latin vindex. === Noun === vindex (plural vindices) (historical) An official who supervised tax collection in the ancient Roman Empire. == Latin == === Etymology === From vim + dīcere (“to indicate”) + -s. Compare iūdex. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈwɪn.dɛks] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈvin.deks] === Noun === vindex m or f (genitive vindicis); third declension protector, defender, maintainer Synonyms: dēfēnsor, custōs, praeses, appāritor claimant, vindicator ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== vindicālis (Mediaeval Latin) vindicia vindicō ==== Descendants ==== → Italian: vindice (learned) === References === “vindex”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “vindex”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “vindex”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “vindex”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “vindex”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “vindicate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.