vōx
lat. vō -x ‘Laut, Ton, Schall, Stimme, Wort, Rede’
(Genitiv vōcis)
From Proto-Italic *wōks, from Proto-Indo-European *wṓkʷs (“speech, voice”) (with stem vōc- for voqu- from the nominative case), an o-grade root noun of *wekʷ- (“to speak”). Cognates include Sanskrit वाच् (vā́c), Ancient Greek ὄψ (óps), and Albanian ves.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /u̯oːks/, [u̯oːks̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /voks/, [vɔks]
Noun
vōx f (genitive vōcis); third declension
- voice [ quotations ▼]
- accent
- speech, remark, expression, (turn of) phrase
- word
- (grammar) voice; indicating the relation of the subject of the verb to the action which the verb expresses
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | vōx | vōcēs |
| Genitive | vōcis | vōcum |
| Dative | vōcī | vōcibus |
| Accusative | vōcem | vōcēs |
| Ablative | vōce | vōcibus |
| Vocative | vōx | vōcēs |
Synonyms
- (word): verbum, vocābulum
- (grammar: voice): genus verbī