The corpus record — Latin

emax

emax · adj

eager to buy

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Where it lives

Atticus 1 · 2.83/10k
Paradoxa stoicorum ad M. Brutum 1 · 2.32/10k
Saturae 1 · 2.21/10k
Ars Amatoria 1 · 0.67/10k
De agri cultura 1 · 0.64/10k

What it meant

ĕmax — Lewis & Short

ĕmax, ācis, adj.emo; cf.: edax, bibax, etc.,

I eager to buy, fond of buying, Cato R. R. 2 fin.; * Cic. Par. 6, 3, 51; Nep. Att. 13, 1: domina, Ov. A. A. 1, 421.— Poet.: non tu prece poscis emaci, i. e. that vows a price for its fulfilment, Pers. 2, 3.

In the wild

emacem Cato, De agri cultura 2
emaci Persius, Saturae 2.3
emax Cornelius Nepos, Atticus 13
emacem Ovid, Ars Amatoria 1.421
emacem Cicero, Paradoxa stoicorum ad M. Brutum 6.51

Where it came from

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