Aiax
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Αἴας (Aías). The noun was changed from a dental stem to a velar stem with the loss of the nasal consonant, as opposed to the expected development **Aiās, with the root **Aiant-.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈaj.jaːks]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈaː.jaks]
Proper noun
Aiāx m (genitive Aiācis); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Aiāx | Aiācēs |
| genitive | Aiācis | Aiācum |
| dative | Aiācī | Aiācibus |
| accusative | Aiācem | Aiācēs |
| ablative | Aiāce | Aiācibus |
| vocative | Aiāx | Aiācēs |
Descendants
References
- “Ājax, ācis, m.”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Ajax”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.