redemptrix

English

Etymology

Latin redemptrix

Noun

redemptrix

1. (religion) A female redeemer.

   Synonym: redemptress

Derived terms

• coredemptrix

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Latin

Noun

redēmptrīx f (genitive redēmptrīcis); third declension

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

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	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.