genetrix

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English

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Noun

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genetrix (plural genetrixes or genetrices)

  1. Alternative form of genitrix

Anagrams

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Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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

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Noun

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genetrīx f (genitive genetrīcis, masculine genitor); third declension

  1. mother
    Synonym: māter
  2. ancestress

Declension

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Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative genetrīx genetrīcēs
Genitive genetrīcis genetrīcum
Dative genetrīcī genetrīcibus
Accusative genetrīcem genetrīcēs
Ablative genetrīce genetrīcibus
Vocative genetrīx genetrīcēs

Descendants

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  • English: genetrix, genitrix
  • Italian: genitrice

References

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  • 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