pĕtax
pĕtax, ācis, adj. peto, catching at, striving after, greedy for any thing; with gen. (post-class.): ornatūs petax, Fulg. Myth. 2, 1: potentiae petax, id. ib. 2, 3.—Hence, adv. comp.: pĕtācĭus, more greedily, Avien. Progn. 432.
No short def.
Headword (normalized):
pĕtax
Headword (normalized/stripped):
petax
Intro Text:
pĕtax, ācis, adj. peto, catching at, striving after, greedy for any thing; with gen. (post-class.): ornatūs petax, Fulg. Myth. 2, 1: potentiae petax, id. ib. 2, 3.—Hence, adv. comp.: pĕtācĭus, more greedily, Avien. Progn. 432.
URN:
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