electrix

Latin

Etymology

Feminine form of ēlēctor, equivalent to ēligō (“to choose, pick out”) +‎ -trīx (agentive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /eːˈleːk.triːks/, [eːˈɫ̪eːkt̪riːks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eˈlek.triks/, [eˈlɛkt̪riks]

Noun

ēlēctrīx f (genitive ēlēctrīcis); third declension

1. chooser, selector (female who selects or chooses)
2. voter, elector (female who votes or elects)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	ēlēctrīx	ēlēctrīcēs
genitive	ēlēctrīcis	ēlēctrīcum
dative	ēlēctrīcī	ēlēctrīcibus
accusative	ēlēctrīcem	ēlēctrīcēs
ablative	ēlēctrīce	ēlēctrīcibus
vocative	ēlēctrīx	ēlēctrīcēs

References

• “electrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• electrix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 580.
• electrix in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, column 2378