"-fex" meaning in Latin

See -fex in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /feks/ [Classical], [fɛks̠] [Classical], /feks/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [feks] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Inherited from Proto-Italic *-faks, from earlier *-θaks, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁k-s, the root noun of *dʰeh₁-k-, an extension of *dʰeh₁- (“to do; to place”). Related to *fakiō. Etymology templates: {{root|la|ine-pro|*dʰeh₁-}} [Template:root], {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|la|itc-pro|*-faks|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Proto-Italic *-faks, {{inh+|la|itc-pro|*-faks}} Inherited from Proto-Italic *-faks, {{m|itc-pro||*-θaks}} *-θaks, {{der|la|ine-pro||*dʰéh₁k-s}} Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁k-s, {{m|ine-pro||*dʰeh₁-k-}} *dʰeh₁-k-, {{m|ine-pro|*dʰeh₁-||to do; to place}} *dʰeh₁- (“to do; to place”), {{m|itc-pro|*fakiō}} *fakiō Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|-fex<3>}} Forms: -ficis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], -fex [nominative, singular], -ficēs [nominative, plural], -ficis [genitive, singular], -ficum [genitive, plural], -ficī [dative, singular], -ficibus [dative, plural], -ficem [accusative, singular], -ficēs [accusative, plural], -fice [ablative, singular], -ficibus [ablative, plural], -fex [singular, vocative], -ficēs [plural, vocative]
  1. denotes maker or performer Tags: declension-3, masculine, morpheme Related terms: faciō
    Sense id: en--fex-la-suffix-~6dPSYXJ Categories (other): Latin masculine suffixes in the third declension

Inflected forms

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        "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic",
        "Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dʰeh₁-",
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          "type": "example"
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        {
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