Audax
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Audax is a Latin
adjective meaning "bold, daring" and may be used to refer to:
Athletics
Transport
People
Other
Latin
Latin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. It, along with most European languages, is a descendant of the ancient Proto-Indo-European language. Although it is considered a dead language, a number of scholars and members of the Christian clergy speak it fluently, and...
adjective meaning "bold, daring" and may be used to refer to:
Athletics
- Audax (cycling)Audax (cycling)Audax is a cycling sport in which participants attempt to cycle long distances within a pre-defined time limit. Audax is a non-competitive sport: success in an event is measured by its completion. Audax has its origins in Italian endurance sports of the late nineteenth century, and the rules were...
, long distance endurance bicycle rides - Audax AustraliaAudax AustraliaAudax Australia Cycling Club runs cycling events under the auspices of Audax Club Parisien and . Rides are normally from 50 km to 1200 km in distance and operate throughout Australasia...
, an organisation that runs long distance randonnee] cycling events in Australia and New Zealand - Audax Club Sportivo ItalianoAudax Club Sportivo ItalianoAudax Italiano La Florida is a Chilean football club based in La Florida. Founded in 1910, it plays in the Chilean Primera División and has spent most of their history in the top tier of Chilean football. Audax has been national champions four times, being the sixth chilean team with more title...
, a Chilean football club based in the city of Santiago - Audax Rio de Janeiro Esporte Clube, a Brazilian football club based in the city of São João de Meriti
- Audax São Paulo Esporte Clube, a Brazilian football club based in the city of São Paulo
Transport
- Audax was a British warplane, made by HawkerHawker HartThe Hawker Hart was a British two-seater biplane light bomber of the Royal Air Force , which had a prominent role during the RAF's inter-war period. The Hart was designed during the 1920s by Sydney Camm and built by Hawker Aircraft...
. - Rootes Audax, a family of cars from the Rootes Group including the Hillman MinxHillman MinxThe Hillman Minx was a series of middle-sized family cars produced under the Hillman marque by the Rootes Group between 1932 and 1970...
, Hillman HuskyHillman HuskyThe Hillman Husky was a line of British passenger vehicles manufactured between 1954 and 1970 by the Rootes Group, under their Hillman marque.-Original Hillman Husky :...
, Singer GazelleSinger GazelleThe Singer Gazelle name has been applied to two generations of motor cars from the British manufacturer the Rootes Group, using the Singer marque...
and Sunbeam RapierSunbeam RapierThe Series I Rapier was a pretty car which in general, was well received by the motoring press. Available in a range of attractive two-tone colour schemes typical of the period, it boasted steering column gear change, leather trim and an overdrive as standard fittings. Vinyl trim was an option in...
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People
- Audax, Ditalcus and MinurusAudax, Ditalcus and MinurusAudax, Ditalcus and Minurus were the supposed assassins of the Lusitanian leader Viriathus.In 139 BC, after a long war against the Romans, Viriathus was killed in his sleep by Audax , Ditalcus and Minurus , who had been sent as emissaries to the Romans and had been bribed by Marcus Popillius Lenas...
, was one of the assassins of the Lusitanian leader Viriathus during the Roman Conquest of Hispania - St. Audax is a 3rd century saint who was martyred with Victoria and Anatolia.
- Audax was also an archbishop of TarragonaArchdiocese of TarragonaThe Archdiocese of Tarragona is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory located in north-eastern Spain, in the province of Tarragona, part of the autonomous community of Catalonia...
(Spain) in ca. 633, who assisted to the Fourth Council of Toledo. - Audax MinorAudax MinorAudax Minor , the pen name of George F. T. Ryall, was a Canadian writer who worked as the horse racing columnist for The New Yorker for 52 years.Born in Toronto, Ryall was sent to England to be educated in 1900...
(1887-1979), racing columnist for The New Yorker
Other
- Audax GroupAudax GroupThe Audax Group is a private equity investment firm focusing on leveraged buyout, growth capital, mezzanine capital and senior debt, primarily in middle-market companies....
is a middle-market private equity firm, with offices in Boston and New York. - Audax Ideas is a business advisory and investment services firm, with offices in Johannesburg, South Africa.
- Aquila audax, the binomial name of the Wedge-tailed EagleWedge-tailed EagleThe Wedge-tailed Eagle , sometimes known as the Eaglehawk in its native range, is the largest bird of prey in Australia, but it is also found in southern New Guinea. It has long, fairly broad wings, fully feathered legs, and an unmistakable wedge-shaped tail...
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