fautrix

Latin

Etymology

From faveō, fautum (“to be favorable”, verb) +‎ -trīx f (“-ess”, agentive suffix).

Pronunciation

Noun

fautrīx f (genitive fautrīcis, masculine fautor); third declension

  1. patroness, protectress

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative fautrīx fautrīcēs
genitive fautrīcis fautrīcum
dative fautrīcī fautrīcibus
accusative fautrīcem fautrīcēs
ablative fautrīce fautrīcibus
vocative fautrīx fautrīcēs

References

  • “fautrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “fautrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • fautrix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to be favoured by Fortune; to bask in Fortune's smiles: fortunam fautricem nancisci
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