cantatrix
Latin
Etymology
From cantō, cantātum (“sing”, verb) + -trīx f (“-ess”, agentive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kanˈtaː.triːks]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kan̪ˈt̪aː.t̪riks]
Noun
cantātrīx f (genitive cantātrīcis, masculine cantātor); third declension
- songstress, singer (female)
- Synonym: cantrīx
- player (female)
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | cantātrīx | cantātrīcēs |
| genitive | cantātrīcis | cantātrīcum |
| dative | cantātrīcī | cantātrīcibus |
| accusative | cantātrīcem | cantātrīcēs |
| ablative | cantātrīce | cantātrīcibus |
| vocative | cantātrīx | cantātrīcēs |
Adjective
cantātrīx f
Declension
Third-declension feminine-only adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | masculine | feminine | ||
| nominative | — | cantātrīx | — | cantātrīcēs | |
| genitive | — | cantātrīcis | — | cantātrīcium cantātrīcum | |
| dative | — | cantātrīcī | — | cantātrīcibus | |
| accusative | — | cantātrīcem | — | cantātrīcēs | |
| ablative | — | cantātrīce cantātrīcī |
— | cantātrīcibus | |
| vocative | — | cantātrīx | — | cantātrīcēs | |
References
- “cantatrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- cantatrix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.