tutrix

English

Etymology

From Latin tūtrīx.

Noun

tutrix (plural tutrixes or tutrices)

1. (obsolete) A female tutor (teacher).
2. (Quebec law) A female tutor (person other than a parent having charge of a child or other person requiring protection).

Synonyms

• tutoress

Latin

Etymology

From tueor +‎ -trīx.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈtuː.triːks/, [ˈt̪uːt̪riːks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtu.triks/, [ˈt̪uːt̪riks]

Noun

tūtrīx f (genitive tūtrīcis, masculine tūtor); third declension

1. a female guardian; tutrix

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	tūtrīx	tūtrīcēs
genitive	tūtrīcis	tūtrīcum
dative	tūtrīcī	tūtrīcibus
accusative	tūtrīcem	tūtrīcēs
ablative	tūtrīce	tūtrīcibus
vocative	tūtrīx	tūtrīcēs

References

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