commendatrix
Latin
Etymology
From commendō, commendātum (“to commend”, verb) + -trīx f (“-ess”, agentive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kɔm.mɛnˈdaː.triːks]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kom.men̪ˈd̪aː.t̪riks]
Noun
commendātrīx f (genitive commendātrīcis, masculine commendātor); third declension
- (rare) that which commends
- Synonym: commendātor
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | commendātrīx | commendātrīcēs |
| genitive | commendātrīcis | commendātrīcum |
| dative | commendātrīcī | commendātrīcibus |
| accusative | commendātrīcem | commendātrīcēs |
| ablative | commendātrīce | commendātrīcibus |
| vocative | commendātrīx | commendātrīcēs |
References
- “commendatrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “commendatrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers