natrix

See also: Natrix

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *n̥h₁trih₂. Cognate of English adder, Proto-Germanic *nadrǭ.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈna.triːks/, [ˈnät̪riːks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈna.triks/, [ˈnäːt̪riks]
• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈnat.riːks/, [ˈnät̪riːks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈnat.riks/, [ˈnät̪riks]

Noun

natrīx f (genitive natrīcis); third declension

1. water snake

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	natrīx	natrīcēs
Genitive	natrīcis	natrīcum
Dative	natrīcī	natrīcibus
Accusative	natrīcem	natrīcēs
Ablative	natrīce	natrīcibus
Vocative	natrīx	natrīcēs

Descendants

• Translingual: Natrix (taxonomic genus)
• Italian: natrice
• Spanish: natriz

References

• “natrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “natrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• natrix 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)
• natrix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.