cantrix
English
Etymology
Noun
cantrix (plural cantrices)
- (archaic) A female singer.
- Synonym: songstress
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈkan.triːks/, [ˈkän̪t̪riːks̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkan.triks/, [ˈkän̪t̪riks]
Noun
cantrīx f (genitive cantrīcis); third declension
- songstress, singer (female)
- player (female)
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | cantrīx | cantrīcēs |
Genitive | cantrīcis | cantrīcum |
Dative | cantrīcī | cantrīcibus |
Accusative | cantrīcem | cantrīcēs |
Ablative | cantrīce | cantrīcibus |
Vocative | cantrīx | cantrīcēs |
Coordinate terms
Related terms
References
- “cantrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- cantrix in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- cantrix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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