genetrix

English

Noun

genetrix (plural genetrixes or genetrices)

1. Alternative form of genitrix

Anagrams

• exerting, retexing

Latin

Alternative forms

• genitrīx

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁trih₂, and cognate to Sanskrit जनित्री (jánitrī), जात्री (jātrī́), Ancient Greek γενέτειρα (genéteira). By surface analysis, genitor (“parent, father”) +‎ -trīx.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡe.ne.triːks/, [ˈɡɛnɛt̪riːks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒe.ne.triks/, [ˈd͡ʒɛːnet̪riks]

Noun

genetrīx f (genitive genetrīcis, masculine genitor); third declension

1. mother

   Synonym: māter

2. ancestress

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	genetrīx	genetrīcēs
Genitive	genetrīcis	genetrīcum
Dative	genetrīcī	genetrīcibus
Accusative	genetrīcem	genetrīcēs
Ablative	genetrīce	genetrīcibus
Vocative	genetrīx	genetrīcēs

Descendants

• → English: genetrix, genitrix
• Italian: genitrice

References

• “genetrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “genetrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• genetrix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “genetrix”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers