affectatrix

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd

Proto-Italic *ad

Proto-Italic *ad-

Latin ad-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti

Proto-Italic *θakjō

Proto-Italic *fakjō

Latin faciō

Latin afficiō

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Italic *-tos

Latin -tus

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin -tō

Latin affectō, affectātum

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂

Proto-Indo-European *-trih₂

Proto-Italic *-trīks

Latin -trīx f

Latin affectātrīx

From affectō, affectātum (“to strive after”, verb) + -trīx f (“-ess”, agentive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [af.fɛkˈtaː.triːks]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [af.fekˈtaː.triks]

Noun

affectātrīx f (genitive affectātrīcis, masculine affectātor); third declension

1. aspirant (zealous seeker) (female)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	affectātrīx	affectātrīcēs
genitive	affectātrīcis	affectātrīcum
dative	affectātrīcī	affectātrīcibus
accusative	affectātrīcem	affectātrīcēs
ablative	affectātrīce	affectātrīcibus
vocative	affectātrīx	affectātrīcēs

References

• “affectatrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “affectatrix”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.