genetrix

English

Noun

genetrix (plural genetrixes or genetrices)

1. Alternative form of genitrix

Anagrams

• exerting, retexing

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Latin

Alternative forms

• genitrīx

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) Derived from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁trih₂‎.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈɡe.ne.triːks/, [ˈɡɛnɛt̪riːks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒe.ne.triks/, [ˈd͡ʒɛːnet̪riks]

Noun

genetrīx f (genitive genetrīcis); third declension

1. mother
2. ancestress

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	genetrīx	genetrīcēs
Genitive	genetrīcis	genetrīcum
Dative	genetrīcī	genetrīcibus
Accusative	genetrīcem	genetrīcēs
Ablative	genetrīce	genetrīcibus
Vocative	genetrīx	genetrīcēs

Descendants

• 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