FromLatinvindex.

vindex (pluralvindices)

1. (historical) Anofficial whosupervisedtaxcollection in the ancientRoman Empire.

Fromvim + the root ofdīcere(“to indicate”) +‎-s. Compareiūdex.

• (Classical Latin)IPA^(key): /ˈu̯in.deks/,[ˈu̯ɪn̪d̪ɛks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)IPA^(key): /ˈvin.deks/,[ˈvin̪d̪eks]

vindex m orf (genitivevindicis);third declension

1. protector,defender,maintainer

   Synonyms:dēfēnsor,cū̆stōs,praeses,appāritor

2. claimant,vindicator

Third-declension noun.

• vindicālis(Mediaeval Latin)
• vindicia
• vindicō

• Italian:vindice

• “vindex”, inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879)A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “vindex”, inCharlton T. Lewis (1891)An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• vindex inGaffiot, Félix (1934)Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “vindex”, inHarry Thurston Peck, editor (1898),Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “vindex”, inWilliam Smith et al., editor (1890),A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
• William Dwight Whitney,Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “vindicate”, inThe Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.:The Century Co.,→OCLC.

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