janitrices

English

Noun

janitrices

1. plural of janitrix

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁yenh₂tēr. Cognates include Ancient Greek ἐνάτηρ (enátēr), Sanskrit यातृ (yātṛ), Old Armenian ներ (ner) and Old Church Slavonic ꙗтрꙑ (jatry).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /i̯aː.niˈtriː.keːs/, [i̯äːnɪˈt̪riːkeːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ja.niˈtri.t͡ʃes/, [jäniˈt̪riːt͡ʃes]

Noun

jānitrīcēs f pl (genitive jānitrīcum); third declension

1. the wives of two brothers (only attested in Late Latin glosses)

Declension

Third-declension noun, plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	jānitrīcēs
Genitive	jānitrīcum
Dative	jānitrīcibus
Accusative	jānitrīcēs
Ablative	jānitrīcibus
Vocative	jānitrīcēs

References

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