altrix
Latin
Etymology
From alō, altum (“to encourage or promote the development (of a thing)”, verb) + -trīx f (“-ess”, agentive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈaɫ.triːks]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈal̪.t̪riks]
Noun
altrīx f (genitive altrīcis, masculine altor); third declension
- nourisher, cherisher, sustainer (female)
- wetnurse / wet-nurse / wet nurse
- foster mother
- motherland
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | altrīx | altrīcēs |
| genitive | altrīcis | altrīcum |
| dative | altrīcī | altrīcibus |
| accusative | altrīcem | altrīcēs |
| ablative | altrīce | altrīcibus |
| vocative | altrīx | altrīcēs |
Descendants
- English: altricial
Adjective
altrīx f
Declension
Third-declension one-termination adjective (feminine-only in the singular, feminine- and neuter-only in the plural).
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | — | altrīx | — | — | altrīcēs | altrīcia | |
| genitive | — | altrīcis | — | — | altrīcium | ||
| dative | — | altrīcī | — | — | altrīcibus | ||
| accusative | — | altrīcem | — | — | altrīcēs | altrīcia | |
| ablative | — | altrīce altrīcī |
— | — | altrīcibus | ||
| vocative | — | altrīx | — | — | altrīcēs | altrīcia | |
References
- “altrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “altrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- altrix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “altrīx” in volume 1, column 1770, line 58 in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL Open Access), Berlin (formerly Leipzig): De Gruyter (formerly Teubner), 1900–present