educatrix

Latin

Etymology

From ēdūcō (“lead, draw or take out”) +‎ -trīx (“-ess”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /eː.duˈkaː.triːks/, [eːd̪ʊˈkäːt̪riːks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /e.duˈka.triks/, [ed̪uˈkäːt̪riks]

Noun

ēducātrīx f (genitive ēducātrīcis, masculine ēducātor); third declension

1. nurse (of a child)
2. foster mother
3. tutor, teacher (female)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	ēducātrīx	ēducātrīcēs
genitive	ēducātrīcis	ēducātrīcum
dative	ēducātrīcī	ēducātrīcibus
accusative	ēducātrīcem	ēducātrīcēs
ablative	ēducātrīce	ēducātrīcibus
vocative	ēducātrīx	ēducātrīcēs

Related terms

• ēducātor

References

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