ultrix

Latin

Etymology

ulcīscor (“to avenge”) +‎ -trīx (feminine agent noun suffix). Compare ultor.

Pronunciation

Noun

ultrīx f (genitive ultrīcis, masculine ultor); third declension

  1. avenger, punisher (female)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ultrīx ultrīcēs
Genitive ultrīcis ultrīcum
Dative ultrīcī ultrīcibus
Accusative ultrīcem ultrīcēs
Ablative ultrīce ultrīcibus
Vocative ultrīx ultrīcēs

Descendants
  • Italian: ultrice
  • Spanish: ultriz

References
  • “ultrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “ultrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ultrix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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