intercestrix

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én

Proto-Indo-European *-tér

Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥tér

Proto-Italic *n̥ter

Latin inter

Latin inter-

Latin cēdō

Latin intercēdō, intercessum

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 intercestrīx

From intercēdō, intercessum (“to intervene”, verb) + -trīx f (“-ess”, agentive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɪn.tɛrˈkɛs.triːks]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [in.terˈt͡ʃɛs.triks]

Noun

intercestrīx f (genitive intercestrīcis, masculine intercessor); third declension

1. female equivalent of intercessor
   • 1590, OPERVM DN. VDALRICI ZASII IVRECONSVLTI‎^[1], page 346:

     Primum de muliere intercestrice [...]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	intercestrīx	intercestrīcēs
genitive	intercestrīcis	intercestrīcum
dative	intercestrīcī	intercestrīcibus
accusative	intercestrīcem	intercestrīcēs
ablative	intercestrīce	intercestrīcibus
vocative	intercestrīx	intercestrīcēs