pollicitatrix

Latin

Etymology

From pollicitor (to promise) +‎ -trīx (feminine agent noun forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pol.li.kiˈtaː.triks/, [pɔlːʲɪkɪˈt̪äːt̪rɪks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pol.li.t͡ʃiˈta.triks/, [polːit͡ʃiˈt̪äːt̪riks]

Noun

pollicitātrix f (genitive pollicitātricis, masculine pollicitātor); third declension

1. woman who promises, female promiser
   • Tertullian, Apologeticum, 23.

     Ista ipsa virgo Caelestis pluviarum pollicitatrix, ipse iste Aesculapius medicinarum demonstrator

     The celestial virgin herself is a promiser of rain, Asclepius himself is a demonstrator of medicine.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	pollicitātrix	pollicitātricēs
genitive	pollicitātricis	pollicitātricum
dative	pollicitātricī	pollicitātricibus
accusative	pollicitātricem	pollicitātricēs
ablative	pollicitātrice	pollicitātricibus
vocative	pollicitātrix	pollicitātricēs

References

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