fortax

English

Etymology

From Middle English fortaxen, equivalent to for- +‎ tax.

Verb

fortax (third-person singular simple present fortaxes, present participle fortaxing, simple past and past participle fortaxed)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) To tax heavily; burden.

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek φόρταξ (phórtax, “bearer”).

Pronunciation

Noun

fortāx m (genitive fortācis); third declension

  1. The basis on which a furnace rests

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative fortāx fortācēs
Genitive fortācis fortācum
Dative fortācī fortācibus
Accusative fortācem fortācēs
Ablative fortāce fortācibus
Vocative fortāx fortācēs

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