copulatrix

Latin

Etymology

From cōpulō, cōpulātum (“to bind or tie together”, verb) +‎ -trīx f (“-ess”, agentive suffix).

Pronunciation

Noun

cōpulātrīx f (genitive cōpulātrīcis, masculine cōpulātor); third declension

  1. connector (female)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative cōpulātrīx cōpulātrīcēs
genitive cōpulātrīcis cōpulātrīcum
dative cōpulātrīcī cōpulātrīcibus
accusative cōpulātrīcem cōpulātrīcēs
ablative cōpulātrīce cōpulātrīcibus
vocative cōpulātrīx cōpulātrīcēs

Derived terms

  • bursa copulatrix

References

  • “copulatrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • copulatrix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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