sequax

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ-

Proto-Indo-European *sékʷetor

Proto-Italic *sekʷōr

Latin sequor

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ks

Proto-Italic *-āks

Latin -āx

Latin sequāx

From sequor (“to follow”) + -āx (“inclined to”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈsɛ.kʷaːks]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈsɛː.kʷaks]

Adjective

sequāx (genitive sequācis); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. following, sequacious
2. pursuant, pursuing
3. pliable, ductile, flexible (of materials)
4. tractable

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	sequāx			sequācēs	sequācia
genitive	sequācis			sequācium
dative	sequācī			sequācibus
accusative	sequācem	sequāx		sequācīs sequācēs	sequācia
ablative	sequācī sequāce			sequācibus
vocative	sequāx			sequācēs	sequācia

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: seguace
• Borrowings:
  • → Portuguese: sequaz
  • → Spanish: secuaz

References

• “sequax”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “sequax”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “sequax”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.