audax

English

Etymology

From Latin audāx, via Italian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔː.dæks/

Noun

audax (plural audaxes)

1. (cycling) A non-competitive long-distance (often over 200 km) cycling event.

Derived terms

• audaxer

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin audāx.

Noun

audax m (invariable)

1. audax

Latin

Etymology

From audeō +‎ -āx.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈau̯.daːks/, [ˈäu̯d̪äːks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈau̯.daks/, [ˈäːu̯d̪äks]

Adjective

audāx (genitive audācis, comparative audācior, superlative audācissimus, adverb audāciter or audācter); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. bold, audacious, daring

   Synonyms: audēns, prōmptus, bellicus

   Antonyms: timidus, pavidus

2. presumptuous

Usage notes

Audax can mean daring in two senses: courageous, spirited and foolhardy, presumptuous, rash.

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	audāx			audācēs	audācia
genitive	audācis			audācium
dative	audācī			audācibus
accusative	audācem	audāx		audācēs	audācia
ablative	audācī			audācibus
vocative	audāx			audācēs	audācia

Derived terms

Derived terms

• audācia
• audācior
• audācissimus
• audāciter
• audācter
• audāculus

Descendants

• Catalan: audaç
• → English: audacious
• French: audacieux
• Galician: audaz
• Italian: audace
• → Portuguese: audaz
• Spanish: audaz

References

• “audax”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “audax”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• audax in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• audax in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.