capax

Latin

Etymology

Derived from capiō (“I hold, contain, am large enough for”) +‎ -āx (“inclined to”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈka.paːks/, [ˈkäpäːks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈka.paks/, [ˈkäːpäks]

Adjective

capāx (genitive capācis, comparative capācior, superlative capācissimus); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. That can contain or hold much; wide, large, spacious, capacious, roomy.
2. Susceptible, capable of, able, apt, fit for.

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	capāx			capācēs	capācia
genitive	capācis			capācium
dative	capācī			capācibus
accusative	capācem	capāx		capācēs	capācia
ablative	capācī			capācibus
vocative	capāx			capācēs	capācia

Synonyms

• (capable, apt): appositus, aptus, habilis, idōneus, potēns, potis
• (spacious): amplus, laxus, magnus, spatiōsus, lātus

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “capable of”): incapāx

Derived terms

• capācitās
• capāciter

Descendants

• Catalan: capaç
• English: capacious
• French: capace
• Galician: capaz
• Italian: capace
• Portuguese: capaz, capacho
• Spanish: capaz, capazo, capacho

References

• “capax”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “capax”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• capax in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• capax in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.