genetrix

English

Noun

genetrix (plural genetrixes or genetrices)

  1. Alternative form of genitrix

Anagrams

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁trih₂‎.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈɡe.ne.triːks/, [ˈɡɛ.nɛ.triːks]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒe.ne.triks/, [ˈd͡ʒeː.ne.triks]

Noun

genetrīx f (genitive genetrīcis); third declension

  1. mother
  2. ancestress

Inflection

Third declension.

Case 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
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