amatrix

Latin

Etymology

From amō, amātum (“love”, verb) +‎ -trīx f (“-ess”, agentive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [aˈmaː.triːks]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [aˈmaː.triks]

Noun

amātrīx f (genitive amātrīcis, masculine amātor); third declension

1. A female lover, a beloved

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	amātrīx	amātrīcēs
genitive	amātrīcis	amātrīcum
dative	amātrīcī	amātrīcibus
accusative	amātrīcem	amātrīcēs
ablative	amātrīce	amātrīcibus
vocative	amātrīx	amātrīcēs

Related terms

• amāre
• amor

Descendants

• → Middle French: amatrice
  • French: amatrice
    • → Dutch: amatrice
    • → English: amatrice

References

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