FromMiddle English pax andLatin pax ( “ peace ” ) .Doublet ofpeace . Seepeace . As school slang, originally used atWinchester College , Hampshire, in the United Kingdom.
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( Christianity ) A painted, stamped or carved tablet with a representation of Christ or the Virgin Mary, which was kissed by the priest during the Mass ("kiss of peace") and then passed to other officiating clergy and the congregation to be kissed.See also osculatory .1599 (date written),William Shakespeare , “The Life of Henry the Fift ”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [ … ] (First Folio ), London: [ … ] Isaac Iaggard , andEd[ ward] Blount , published1623 ,→OCLC ,[ Act III, scene vi] ,page80 , column 2:Fortune isBardolphs foe, and frownes on him: for he hath ſtolne aPax , and hanged muſt a be:[ …] Exeter hath giuen the doome of death, forPax of little price.
( British , dated , school slang ) Friendship ;truce .to makepax with someone
to be goodpax (i.e., good friends)
1950 , C. S. Lewis,The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe :"I say, Lu! I'm sorry I didn't believe you. I see now you were right all along. Do come out. Make itPax ."
( Christianity ) Thekiss of peace .( Christianity ) Acrucifix , a tablet with the image ofChrist on the cross upon it, or areliquary .( history ) Any ofseveral notable periods ofpeace inhuman history ,particularly owing to unquestionable hegemony on themodel of thePax Romana .pax
( UK , dated , school slang ) A cry forpeace ortruce in children's games.Synonyms: fainites ,( Scotland, obsolete ) barlafumble Abbreviation ofpassenger ;-x is an abbreviation marker as inDX ,TX ,Dx ,Rx , etc.
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( informal , usually in theplural ) Apassenger ;passengers .( informal , usually in theplural , by extension, hospitality industry) Aguest (at an event or function).( Malaysia , Singapore , by extension, restaurant industry) Arestaurant guest , when counting;person .$30 perpax
FromProto-Italic *pāks ,Proto-Indo-European *péh₂ḱ-s ( “ peace ” ) , from the root*peh₂ḱ- ( “ to join, to attach ” ) .
pāx f (genitive pācis ) ;third declension
peace Sperō utpācem habeant semper. I hope that they may always havepeace . Donec, infectapāce , ad arma desilirent. While, aspeace was broken, they came down with arms. ( poetic ) rest ,quiet ,ease Synonyms: otium ,tranquillitas ,serenitas ,laxāmentum ,quies Antonyms: seditio ,tumultus ,turba ,inquies ,concursus ( transferred sense ) grace ( esp. from the gods ) ( transferred sense ) leave ,good leave( permission ) ( Ecclesiastical Latin ) peace ,harmony Requiēscat inpāce . May he/she rest inpeace . Third-declension noun.
Balkan Romance: Gallo-Italic:Emilian: Ligurian: Lombard:paas Piedmontese:pas Romagnol: Gallo-Romance: Ibero-Romance: Italo-Dalmatian: Rhaeto-Romance: Sardinian: Venetan:paxe Early borrowings:→ Albanian:paqe → Basque:bake → Old Irish:póc (see there for further descendants ) Modern borrowings: pāx
enough talking !silence !hush !peace !Synonyms: pāx sit rēbus ,tacē ,tacē tū ,fac taceās ,dēsine ,st ,linguae temperā → Ancient Greek:πᾱ́ξ! ( pā́x! ) “pax ”, inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879 )A Latin Dictionary , Oxford: Clarendon Press “pax ”, inCharlton T. Lewis (1891 )An Elementary Latin Dictionary , New York: Harper & Brothers "pax ", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’sGlossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) pax inGaffiot, Félix (1934 )Dictionnaire illustré latin-français , Hachette. Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894 )Latin Phrase-Book [1] , London:Macmillan and Co. to treat with some one about peace:agere cum aliquo de pace to propose terms of peace:pacis condiciones ferre (notproponere ) to dictate the terms of peace to some one:pacis condiciones dare, dicere alicui (Liv. 29. 12) to accept the terms of the peace:pacis condiciones accipere, subire (opp.repudiare, respuere ) peace is concluded on condition that..:pax convenit in eam condicionem, ut... deep peace:summa pax allow me to say:pace tua dixerim ordicere liceat (ambiguous) to bring about a peace:pacem conciliare (Fam. 10. 27)(ambiguous) to make peace with some one:pacem facere cum aliquo (ambiguous) to break the peace:pacem dirimere, frangere “pax ”, inHarry Thurston Peck, editor (1898 ),Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities , New York: Harper & Brothers “pax ”, inWilliam Smith, editor (1848 ),A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology , London: John Murray Borrowed fromLatin pāx .
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pax ( tablet with carved religious image ) Synonym: paxbrede ( rare ) kiss of peace Since 1880 fromLatin pāx ( “ peace ” ) .
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( childish ) dibs (to claim a stake to something); used as a noun with the verbsfå “get, receive” andha “have”, or as a verb;att paxa .Pax för soffan! - “I have (first) dibs on the sofa!”Jag fickpax på framsätet! - “I got dibs onshotgun !”Jag harpaxat fåtöljen -I "have dibbed" the armchair pax (transitive )
toplay ( produce music from a musical instrument ) 1992 , “Apocalipsis 8:6 ”, inBiblia Maya de Yucatán :Le siete ángeloʼob túunoʼ, tiʼ máaxoʼob yaan le siete trompetaoboʼ, tu nuʼucbesajubaʼob u tiʼal upaxicoʼob . And the seven angels which had the seven trumpets prepared themselves tosound . (KJV, Revelation 8:6) Conjugation ofpax singular plural 1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person imperfective kin paxik ka paxik ku paxik k paxik ka paxikeʼex ku paxikoʼob perfective tin paxaj ta paxaj tu paxaj t k paxaj ta paxajeʼex tu paxajoʼob subjunctive ka in paxej ka a paxej ka u paxej ka k paxej ka a paxeʼex ka u paxoʼob imperative — paxej — — paxeʼex —