defenstrix

From dēfendō, dēfēnsum (“to defend”, verb) +‎ -trīx f (“-ess”, agentive suffix).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [deːˈfẽː.striːks]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [d̪eˈfɛn.st̪riks]

dēfēnstrīx f (genitive dēfēnstrīcis, masculine dēfēnsor); third declension

1. female equivalent of dēfēnsor

   Synonym: dēfēnsātrīx

   • c. 500 AD, Priscianus Grammaticus, Partitiones XII uersuum Aeneidos principalium‎^[1], page 282:

     Defenstrix quoque Cicero in Timaeo protulit addita t.

     Cicero also used "defenstrix" in his Timaeus, with an added t

Third-declension noun.