Pax 84916 225757995 2008-07-15T07:22:01Z 220.226.29.221 /* Common meaning these days */ ==Latin for "peace"== The Latin word '''''pāx''''' means "peace". ===Goddesses=== *[[Pax (mythology)|Pax]], goddess of peace in Roman mythology. *[[Nemesis (mythology)|Nemesis]], goddess of divine retribution in Greek mythology. She was called ''Pax-Nemesis'' in Rome. ===Latin phrases=== *pax Dei *pax Deorum *pax et bonum *pax et lux *pax maternum, ergo pax familiarum *pax vobiscum *[[Nulla in mundo pax sincera]] For translations and explanations, see [[List of Latin phrases (P–Z)#P]]. ==="Pacis" or "of peace"=== *[[Ara Pacis]] (''Altar of peace''), is an altar to Peace, envisioned as a Roman goddess, and was commissioned by (or for) the Roman emperor Augustus. *[[Defensor pacis]] (''Defender of peace''), a tract that laid the foundations of modern doctrines of sovereignty, separating the secular State from religious authority. *[[Domus Pacis]] (''House of peace'') , a guest house for Catholic pilgrims to Fatima. ===Periods of regional peace=== Together with the [[Latin (language)|Latin]] name of an empire or nation, it refers to a period of peace or at least stability enforced by power, such as: *[[Pax Americana]] *[[Pax Britannica]] *[[Pax Dei]] *[[Pax Europeana]] *[[Pax Hispanica]] *[[Muslim Agricultural Revolution#Age of discovery|Pax Islamica]] *[[Pax Mongolica]] *[[Pax Nicephori]] *[[Pax Ottomana]] *[[Pax Khazarica]] *[[Pax Praetoriana]] *[[Pax Romana]] *[[Pax Sinica]] *[[Pax Syriana]] By analogy, such terms can be construed in more private spheres of social life, such as business, e.g. 'pax media' among the broadcasting rivals in [[Flanders]]. In fiction pax has also been used to refer to periods of peace: *[[Pax Germanica]], the fictional peace which would have followed a German victory of WW I and/or WW II. *[[Pax Cybertronia]], a fictional peace from the Transformers series. ===Other meanings=== *In the Roman Mass, it is a moment of solemn greeting before Eucharist, also called the [[kiss of peace]]. **It may also mean the younger '[[pax brede]]', the osculatory used for transferring this holy kiss. *[[Pax Cultura]] - the motto of the cultural artifact protection movement founded by Nicholas Roerich. *[[Pax Christi]] - an international ecumenical Catholic peace movement. **[[Pax Christi USA Pope Paul VI Teacher of Peace Award]] *[[Pax Dei]] was a medieval European movement of the Roman Catholic Church which applied spiritual sanctions in order to control and stop the violence of feudal society. ===Common meaning these days=== *Pax — an abbreviation for "[[passengers]]" used by the travel industry. Some hotels now use it to mean individual guests opposed to rooms. In Gastronomy and/or event management it may also stand for "[[participants]]" *PAX or pax — an American acronym for "Persons At Table" (as in '20pax' = 20 Persons At Table) used by the hospitality industry. Originally written as 'PAT' but through ambiguous written characters (T being mistaken as X), over time became 'PAX'. Also used to denote the number of people in a venue and commonly used in the sound industry ==Culture== ===Games=== * PAX is the abbreviation for the [[Penny Arcade Expo]], an annual gamer festival held in Seattle, Washington. *[[Pax Imperia Eminent Domain]], a Galactic Empire building, 4X style game by THQ. *[[Pax Draconis]], a fantasy RPG by Justin Dagna. *[[Pax Warrior]] - an educational computer game. *[[PaxLair]], a fictional player-run city in the MMORPG game Ultima Online, on the Chesapeake shard (server), with locations in several areas of the game world. *PAX Currency System, which is used in poker games on Poker Academy Online ([[PAO]]) *In the game of [[tag (game)|tag]], the term "pax" (or sometimes "tax") is called to signify a pause in the game. *In [[Ambrosia Software|Ambrosia Software's]] [[Escape Velocity Override]], Pax is the name of a space station in the Dogover star system, a neutral zone between Voinian and United Earth space. ===Music=== *[[Nulla in mundo pax sincera]] (RV 630) is a motet composed by Antonio Vivaldi, the title of which may be translated as "In this world there is no honest peace". *[[PAX217]] is a Christian Contemporary band from Orange County, California. *[[Ringo Starr]] made a song titled "Pax Um Biscum (Peace Be With You)" on his album [[I Wanna Be Santa Claus]]. *[[Grendel (band)]] made a song title "Pax Psychosis" on the album "Prescription : Medicide" ===Novels and books=== *[[Konx Om Pax|Konx Om Pax: Essays in Light]] is a publication by British occultist Aleister Crowley, first published in 1907. *[[K-PAX]], first novel in the K-PAX trilogy by Gene Brewer **[[K-PAXian]] **[[K-Pax (film)]] *Minipax, a [[Newspeak]] term for [[Ministry of Peace]] in the [[George Orwell|George Orwell's]] novel ''[[Nineteen Eighty-Four]]''. *[[Pax (Hyperion Cantos)|Pax]] is a political division at the ''[[Hyperion Cantos]]'' universe by [[Dan Simmons]]. ===Television and movies=== *Movies **[[K-PAX (film)]], based on the novel [[K-PAX]]. **[[PAX (film)|PAX]] a 1994 film starring Amanda Plummer and written by Bruno Heller. **PAX was a chemical to calm the population on the planet Miranda in the 2005 movie [[Serenity (film)|''Serenity'']] *Transformers universe: **[[Orion Pax]] is the original form of the robot who would one day become the great Autobot leader, Optimus Prime in the Transformers cartoons. **[[Pax Cybertronia]], or The Peace of Cybertron, is from the timeline of the Transformers Animated television series. *Other **[[Pax Soprana]] - an episode of ''The Sopranos'' TV series. **[[Graph pax]] is an abbreviation sometimes used to refer to Graphics Packages; the set of graphics used for a specific television show. **[[PAX Network]] - U.S. television network, now known as [[ION Television]]. ==Software== * [[PaX]], the Linux kernel security patch * [[portable archive interchange]] — a format used to archive computer files * [[pax (Unix)]] — a Unix command line program to read and write file archives ==Locations== *[[Pax, West Virginia]] is a small town in the USA. *[[Pax Hill]], a place in England. *[[679 Pax]] is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. ==Persons== *[[Pax]], a.k.a. Carl J. Major, Son of Pauline Major and Jeremy Boaden *[[Ferdinand Albin Pax]] (1858–1942), German botanist. *[[James Pax]], an actor. *[[Salam Pax]], Iraqi blogger. *[[Pax Plante]], Canadian lawyer. *[[Pax Thien Jolie]] or [[Pax Thien Jolie-Pitt]], adopted son of [[Angelina Jolie]]. *[[Pax Barkla]], an Australian engineer. ==Other== *[[Pax World Funds]] - the world's first socially responsible mutual fund *[[Pax Calendar]] is the name of a proposed reform of the Gregorian caledar *Pax is the name of a side-project by industrial musicians Sevren Ni-arb and al/x/s; see [[X Marks the Pedwalk#Side projects]] *[[Pax genes]], a group of paired box genes *''[[Zodariid ground spider|Pax]]'' is a genus of spider ants (Zodariidae) * PAX - code identifying the USGS station located in/near [[Paxson, Alaska]] * [[Fransa-Pax FC]] - an Indian club football team based in Goa * [[PAX Association]] - a Polish religious organization * PAX- A series of wardrobe models available at [[IKEA]] * Programming, Administration and Execution System (PAX) is a mainframe-based timesharing system that provides the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers with a number of crucial budgeting, planning, and scheduling applications {{disambig-cleanup}} [[Category:Latin words and phrases]] [[de:Pax (Begriffsklärung)]] [[es:Pax]] [[fr:Pax]] [[it:PAX]] [[nl:Pax]] [[ja:PAX]] [[pl:Pax]] [[fi:Pax]]