amatrix

Latin

Etymology

From amō, amātum (“love”, verb) +‎ -trīx f (“-ess”, agentive suffix).

Pronunciation

Noun

amātrīx f (genitive amātrīcis, masculine amātor); third declension

  1. A female lover, a beloved

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative amātrīx amātrīcēs
genitive amātrīcis amātrīcum
dative amātrīcī amātrīcibus
accusative amātrīcem amātrīcēs
ablative amātrīce amātrīcibus
vocative amātrīx amātrīcēs

Descendants

  • → Middle French: amatrice

References

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