ambulatrix

Latin

Etymology

From ambulō (“walk; travel”) +‎ -trīx.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /am.buˈlaː.triːks/, [ämbʊˈɫ̪äːt̪riːks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /am.buˈla.triks/, [ämbuˈläːt̪riks]

Noun

ambulātrīx f (genitive ambulātrīcis, masculine ambulātor); third declension

1. a female walker
2. a female idler or lounger

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	ambulātrīx	ambulātrīcēs
genitive	ambulātrīcis	ambulātrīcum
dative	ambulātrīcī	ambulātrīcibus
accusative	ambulātrīcem	ambulātrīcēs
ablative	ambulātrīce	ambulātrīcibus
vocative	ambulātrīx	ambulātrīcēs

Related terms

• ambulācrum
• ambulātilis
• ambulātiō
• ambulātiuncula
• ambulātor
• ambulātōrius
• ambulātūra
• ambulātus
• ambulō

References

• “ambulatrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ambulatrix in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• ambulatrix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• ambulatrix in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016