redemptrix
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Latin redēmptrīx. By surface analysis, redemptor + -trix.
Noun
[edit]redemptrix
- (religion) A female redeemer.
- Synonyms: redeemeress, redemptress
Derived terms
[edit]Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From redimō, redēmptum (“to buy back”, verb) + -trīx f (“-ess”, agentive suffix).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [rɛˈdeːmp.triːks]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [reˈd̪ɛmp.t̪riks]
Noun
[edit]redēmptrīx f (genitive redēmptrīcis, masculine redēmptor); third declension
- contractor, undertaker, purveyor, farmer (female)
- redemptress (female redeemer)
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun.
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | redēmptrīx | redēmptrīcēs |
genitive | redēmptrīcis | redēmptrīcum |
dative | redēmptrīcī | redēmptrīcibus |
accusative | redēmptrīcem | redēmptrīcēs |
ablative | redēmptrīce | redēmptrīcibus |
vocative | redēmptrīx | redēmptrīcēs |
References
[edit]- “redemptrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- redemptrix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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- la:Female people