donax

See also: Donax

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin donax (“reed; also a marine fish”), from Ancient Greek δόναξ (dónax).

Noun

donax (plural donaxes)

1. A canelike grass of southern Europe (Arundo donax), used for fishing rods, etc.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “donax”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δόναξ (dónax).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈdo.naks/, [ˈd̪ɔnäks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈdo.naks/, [ˈd̪ɔːnäks]

Noun

donax m (genitive donacis); third declension

1. reed
2. A kind of marine fish
3. The male scallop or pecten

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	donax	donacēs
Genitive	donacis	donacum
Dative	donacī	donacibus
Accusative	donacem	donacēs
Ablative	donace	donacibus
Vocative	donax	donacēs

Descendants

• English: donax
• Translingual: Donax

References

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