genetrix
English
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁trih₂, and cognate to Sanskrit जनित्री (jánitrī), जात्री (jātrī́), Ancient Greek γενέτειρα (genéteira). By surface analysis, genitor (“parent, father”) + -trīx.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈɡe.ne.triːks/, [ˈɡɛnɛt̪riːks̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒe.ne.triks/, [ˈd͡ʒɛːnet̪riks]
Noun
genetrīx f (genitive genetrīcis, masculine genitor); third declension
- mother
- Synonym: māter
- ancestress
Declension
Third-declension noun.
References
- “genetrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “genetrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- genetrix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “genetrix”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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