compotrix

Latin

Etymology

con- +‎ pōtrīx

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /komˈpoː.triːks/, [kɔmˈpoːt̪riːks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /komˈpo.triks/, [komˈpɔːt̪riks]

Noun

compōtrīx f (genitive compōtrīcis); third declension

1. female equivalent of compōtor (“drinking companion”)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	compōtrīx	compōtrīcēs
genitive	compōtrīcis	compōtrīcum
dative	compōtrīcī	compōtrīcibus
accusative	compōtrīcem	compōtrīcēs
ablative	compōtrīce	compōtrīcibus
vocative	compōtrīx	compōtrīcēs

References

• “compotrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “compotrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers