lectrix
Latin
Etymology
From legō, lēctum (“to read”, verb) + -trīx f (“-ess”, agentive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɫeːk.triːks]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈlɛk.t̪riks]
Noun
lēctrīx f (genitive lēctrīcis, masculine lēctor); third declension
- A female reader
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | lēctrīx | lēctrīcēs |
| genitive | lēctrīcis | lēctrīcum |
| dative | lēctrīcī | lēctrīcibus |
| accusative | lēctrīcem | lēctrīcēs |
| ablative | lēctrīce | lēctrīcibus |
| vocative | lēctrīx | lēctrīcēs |
Related terms
References
- “lectrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- "lectrix", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- lectrix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.