potrix

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *peh₃-

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *ph₃tósder.

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Proto-Indo-European *péh₃tinflu.

Proto-Italic *pōtos?

Latin pōtus

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 pōtō, pōtum

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 pōtrīx

From pōtō, pōtum (“to drink (liquor)”, verb) + -trīx f (“-ess”, agentive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpoː.triːks]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈpɔː.triks]

Noun

pōtrīx f (genitive pōtrīcis, masculine potator); third declension

1. tippler (female)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	pōtrīx	pōtrīcēs
genitive	pōtrīcis	pōtrīcum
dative	pōtrīcī	pōtrīcibus
accusative	pōtrīcem	pōtrīcēs
ablative	pōtrīce	pōtrīcibus
vocative	pōtrīx	pōtrīcēs

References

• “potrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “potrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “potrix”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• potrix in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016