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janitrices

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English

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Noun

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janitrices

  1. plural of janitrix

Latin

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *h₁yenh₂tēr. Cognates include Ancient Greek ἐνάτηρ (enátēr), Sanskrit यातृ (yātṛ), Old Armenian ներ (ner) and Old Church Slavonic ꙗтрꙑ (jatry).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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janitrīcēs f pl (genitive janitrīcum); third declension

  1. the wives of two brothers (only attested in Late Latin glosses)

Declension

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Third-declension noun, plural only.

plural
nominative janitrīcēs
genitive janitrīcum
dative janitrīcibus
accusative janitrīcēs
ablative janitrīcibus
vocative janitrīcēs

References

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  • janitrices”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • janitrix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “ianitrīcēs”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 294