fictrix
Latin
Etymology
From fingō, fictum (“to form, make”, verb) + -trīx f (“-ess”, agentive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈfɪk.triːks]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈfik.t̪riks]
Noun
fictrīx f (genitive fictrīcis, masculine fictor); third declension
- female equivalent of fictor (“maker, creator”)
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | fictrīx | fictrīcēs |
| genitive | fictrīcis | fictrīcum |
| dative | fictrīcī | fictrīcibus |
| accusative | fictrīcem | fictrīcēs |
| ablative | fictrīce | fictrīcibus |
| vocative | fictrīx | fictrīcēs |
References
- “fictrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “fictrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers