conservatrix

English

Etymology

Latin cōnservātrīx.

Noun

conservatrix (plural conservatrices)

1. A female conservator.

References

• “conservatrix”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Latin

Etymology

From cōnservō +‎ -trīx.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kon.serˈu̯aː.triːks/, [kõːs̠ɛrˈu̯äːt̪riːks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kon.serˈva.triks/, [konserˈväːt̪riks]

Noun

cōnservātrīx f (genitive cōnservātrīcis, masculine cōnservātor); third declension

1. she who preserves or defends, protectress

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	cōnservātrīx	cōnservātrīcēs
genitive	cōnservātrīcis	cōnservātrīcum
dative	cōnservātrīcī	cōnservātrīcibus
accusative	cōnservātrīcem	cōnservātrīcēs
ablative	cōnservātrīce	cōnservātrīcibus
vocative	cōnservātrīx	cōnservātrīcēs

References

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