genetrix
English
Noun
genetrix (plural genetrixes or genetrices)
- Alternative form of genitrix.
Anagrams
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁trih₂, and cognate to Sanskrit जनित्री (jánitrī), जात्री (jātrī́), Ancient Greek γενέτειρα (genéteira). By surface analysis, genitor (“parent, father”) + -trīx.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɡɛ.nɛ.triːks]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈd͡ʒɛː.ne.t̪riks]
Noun
genetrīx f (genitive genetrīcis, masculine genitor); third declension
- mother
- Synonym: māter
- ancestress
Declension
Third-declension noun.
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | genetrīx | genetrīcēs |
genitive | genetrīcis | genetrīcum |
dative | genetrīcī | genetrīcibus |
accusative | genetrīcem | genetrīcēs |
ablative | genetrīce | genetrīcibus |
vocative | genetrīx | genetrīcēs |
Descendants
References
- “genetrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “genetrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- genetrix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “genetrix”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers