genetrix

English

Noun

genetrix (plural genetrixes or genetrices)

1. Alternative form of genitrix.

References

• “genetrix, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Anagrams

• exerting, retexing

Latin

Alternative forms

• genitrīx

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁trih₂, and cognate to Sanskrit जनित्री (jánitrī), जात्री (jātrī́), Ancient Greek γενέτειρα (genéteira). By surface analysis, genitor (“parent, father”) +‎ -trīx.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɡɛ.nɛ.triːks]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈd͡ʒɛː.ne.triks]

Noun

genetrīx f (genitive genetrīcis, masculine genitor); third declension

1. mother

   Synonym: māter

2. ancestress

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	genetrīx	genetrīcēs
genitive	genetrīcis	genetrīcum
dative	genetrīcī	genetrīcibus
accusative	genetrīcem	genetrīcēs
ablative	genetrīce	genetrīcibus
vocative	genetrīx	genetrīcēs

Descendants

• → English: genetrix, genitrix
• Italian: genitrice

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