altrix

Latin

Etymology

From alō, altum (“to encourage or promote the development (of a thing)”, verb) +‎ -trīx f (“-ess”, agentive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈaɫ.triːks]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈal̪.t̪riks]

Noun

altrīx f (genitive altrīcis, masculine altor); third declension

1. nourisher, cherisher, sustainer (female)
2. wetnurse / wet-nurse / wet nurse
3. foster mother
4. motherland

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	altrīx	altrīcēs
genitive	altrīcis	altrīcum
dative	altrīcī	altrīcibus
accusative	altrīcem	altrīcēs
ablative	altrīce	altrīcibus
vocative	altrīx	altrīcēs

Descendants

• English: altricial

Adjective

altrīx (feminine altrīx); third-declension defective adjective (feminine-only when singular, feminine or neuter when plural)

1. nourishing
   • c. 494 CE – 521 CE, Ennodius, Epistolae 1.9:

     Nobis per communia peccatorum secreta vivendum potius, quam obeundum est: matris Ecclesiae ope sociata, quae utrosque, ut vera loquamur, fidei ubere lacte pascit altrici.

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   • c. 494 CE – 521 CE, Ennodius, Epistolae 1.18:

     Saepe mihi labor efficax inquirenti altricia terga fulvi ostendit elementi.

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Declension

Third-declension defective adjective (feminine-only when singular, feminine or neuter when plural).

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	—	altrīx	—		—	altrīcēs	altrīcia
genitive	—	altrīcis	—		—	altrīcium
dative	—	altrīcī	—		—	altrīcibus
accusative	—	altrīcem	—		—	altrīcēs	altrīcia
ablative	—	altrīce altrīcī	—		—	altrīcibus
vocative	—	altrīx	—		—	altrīcēs	altrīcia

References

• “altrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “altrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “altrix”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “altrīx” in volume 1, column 1770, line 58 in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL Open Access), Berlin (formerly Leipzig): De Gruyter (formerly Teubner), 1900–present