"petax" meaning in Latin

See petax in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: [ˈpɛ.taːks] [Classical-Latin], [ˈpɛː.taks] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
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  1. (Late Latin, with genitive) catching at, striving after, greedy for Tags: Late-Latin, declension-3, one-termination, with-genitive Synonyms: cupidus, avidus, appetēns
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        "sup": "petācissimus"
      },
      "expansion": "petāx (genitive petācis, comparative petācior, superlative petācissimus); third-declension one-termination adjective",
      "name": "la-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "petāx"
      },
      "name": "la-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Late Latin",
        "Latin 2-syllable words",
        "Latin adjectives",
        "Latin entries with etymology texts",
        "Latin entries with etymology trees",
        "Latin entries with etymon",
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin lemmas",
        "Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *peth₂-",
        "Latin terms suffixed with -ax",
        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Latin terms with quotations",
        "Latin third declension adjectives",
        "Latin third declension adjectives of one termination",
        "Pages using etymon with no ID",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Pages with etymology trees",
        "Pages with etymon",
        "Requests for translations of Latin quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "ref": "6th century CE, Fabius Claudius Gordianus Fulgentius, Mythologiae 2.1",
          "text": "Secunda (vīta) āctīva est, quae tantum vītae commodīs anxia, ornātūs petāx, habendī insatiāta, servandī sollicita geritur.",
          "translation": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "catching at, striving after, greedy for"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "catching",
          "catching"
        ],
        [
          "striving",
          "striving"
        ],
        [
          "greedy",
          "greedy"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Late Latin, with genitive) catching at, striving after, greedy for"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "cupidus"
        },
        {
          "word": "avidus"
        },
        {
          "word": "appetēns"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Late-Latin",
        "declension-3",
        "one-termination",
        "with-genitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈpɛ.taːks]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈpɛː.taks]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "petax"
}

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