lectrix

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Latin legō, lēctum
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 lēctrīx

    From legō, lēctum (“to read”, verb) + -trīx f (“-ess”, agentive suffix).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    lēctrīx f (genitive lēctrīcis, masculine lēctor); third declension

    1. 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

    Descendants

    • Italian: lettrice

    References

    • “lectrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • "lectrix", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, 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.
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