bibax

Latin

Etymology

From bibō (“I drink”) +‎ -āx (“inclined to”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbi.baːks/, [ˈbɪbäːks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbi.baks/, [ˈbiːbäks]

Adjective

bibāx (genitive bibācis); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. Given or addicted to drink or drinking, fond of drink, bibulous.

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	bibāx			bibācēs	bibācia
Genitive	bibācis			bibācium
Dative	bibācī			bibācibus
Accusative	bibācem	bibāx		bibācēs	bibācia
Ablative	bibācī			bibācibus
Vocative	bibāx			bibācēs	bibācia

Synonyms

• (given to drinking): bibōsus

Related terms

• bibilis
• bibiō
• bibitor
• bibō
• bibōnius
• bibōsus
• bibulus

Descendants

• Italian: bevace, bibace

References

• “bibax”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• bibax in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.