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creditrix

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English

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin crēditrīx. By surface analysis, credit +‎ -trix.

Noun

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creditrix

  1. A female creditor.

References

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Anagrams

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Latin

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Etymology

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From crēdō, crēditum (to loan, to lend, verb) +‎ -trīx f (-ess, agentive suffix).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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crēditrīx f (genitive crēditrīcis, masculine crēditor); third declension

  1. a female creditor

Declension

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Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative crēditrīx crēditrīcēs
genitive crēditrīcis crēditrīcum
dative crēditrīcī crēditrīcibus
accusative crēditrīcem crēditrīcēs
ablative crēditrīce crēditrīcibus
vocative crēditrīx crēditrīcēs
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Descendants

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  • Italian: creditrice

References

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