sibilatrix

Latin

Etymology

sībilō (“I whistle”) +‎ -trīx (suffix forming feminine agent nouns)

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /siː.biˈlaː.triːks/, [s̠iːbɪˈɫ̪äːt̪riːks̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /si.biˈla.triks/, [sibiˈläːt̪riks]

Noun

sībilātrīx f (genitive sībilātrīcis); third declension

(female) whistler

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sībilātrīx	sībilātrīcēs
Genitive	sībilātrīcis	sībilātrīcum
Dative	sībilātrīcī	sībilātrīcibus
Accusative	sībilātrīcem	sībilātrīcēs
Ablative	sībilātrīce	sībilātrīcibus
Vocative	sībilātrīx	sībilātrīcēs

Related terms

sībilātor

Descendants

Translingual: Anas sibilatrix, Phacellodomus sibilatrix, Phylloscopus sibilatrix, Syrigma sibilatrix

References

“sībĭlātrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
sībĭlātrix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,436/1.

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