fictrix

Latin

Etymology

fictus, perfect passive participle of fingō (“to form, make”) +‎ -trīx

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈfik.triːks/, [ˈfɪkt̪riːks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfik.triks/, [ˈfikt̪riks]

Noun

fictrīx f (genitive fictrīcis); third declension

1. female equivalent of fictor (“maker, creator”)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	fictrīx	fictrīcēs
genitive	fictrīcis	fictrīcum
dative	fictrīcī	fictrīcibus
accusative	fictrīcem	fictrīcēs
ablative	fictrīce	fictrīcibus
vocative	fictrīx	fictrīcēs

References

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