redemptrix

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin redēmptrīx. By surface analysis, redemptor +‎ -trix.

Noun

redemptrix

1. (religion) A female redeemer.

   Synonyms: redeemeress, redemptress

Derived terms

• coredemptrix

Latin

Etymology

From redimō, redēmptum (“to buy back”, verb) +‎ -trīx f (“-ess”, agentive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [rɛˈdeːmp.triːks]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [reˈdɛmp.triks]

Noun

redēmptrīx f (genitive redēmptrīcis, masculine redēmptor); third declension

1. contractor, undertaker, purveyor, farmer (female)
2. redemptress (female redeemer)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	redēmptrīx	redēmptrīcēs
genitive	redēmptrīcis	redēmptrīcum
dative	redēmptrīcī	redēmptrīcibus
accusative	redēmptrīcem	redēmptrīcēs
ablative	redēmptrīce	redēmptrīcibus
vocative	redēmptrīx	redēmptrīcēs

References

• “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.