generatrix
English
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin generātrīx. By surface analysis, generator + -trix.
Pronunciation
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Noun
generatrix (plural generatrices or generatrixes)
- (geometry) A curve that, when rotated about an axis, produces a solid figure.
- Synonyms: describent, generant
Translations
a curve that, when rotated about an axis, produces a solid figure
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Latin
Etymology
From generō, generātum (“bring to life, beget, generate, produce”, verb) + -trīx f (“-ess”, agentive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɡɛ.nɛˈraː.triːks]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [d͡ʒe.neˈraː.t̪riks]
Noun
generātrīx f (genitive generātrīcis, masculine generātor); third declension
- female equivalent of generātor: producer, generator; she who produces, generates, brings forth
- (geometry) generatrix (feminine since it is a type of līnea f (“line”))
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | generātrīx | generātrīcēs |
| genitive | generātrīcis | generātrīcum |
| dative | generātrīcī | generātrīcibus |
| accusative | generātrīcem | generātrīcēs |
| ablative | generātrīce | generātrīcibus |
| vocative | generātrīx | generātrīcēs |
References
- “generatrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- generatrix in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
- generatrix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.