calcatrix
Latin
Etymology
From calcō, calcātum (“to trample, tread on”, verb) + -trīx f (“-ess”, agentive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kaɫˈkaː.triːks]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kalˈkaː.t̪riks]
Noun
calcātrīx f (genitive calcātrīcis, masculine calcātor); third declension
- Female calcātor
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | calcātrīx | calcātrīcēs |
| genitive | calcātrīcis | calcātrīcum |
| dative | calcātrīcī | calcātrīcibus |
| accusative | calcātrīcem | calcātrīcēs |
| ablative | calcātrīce | calcātrīcibus |
| vocative | calcātrīx | calcātrīcēs |
Descendants
- Italian: calcatrice (“legendary reptile”)
References
- “calcatrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- calcatrix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.