scriptrix

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-?

Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreybʰ-

Proto-Indo-European *(s)kréybʰeti

Proto-Italic *skreiβō

Latin scrībō, scrīptum

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 scrīptrīx

From scrībō, scrīptum (“to write”, verb) + -trīx f (“-ess”, agentive suffix).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

scrīptrīx f (genitive scrīptrīcis, masculine scrīptor); third declension

1. female writer

   Coordinate term: scrīptor

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	scrīptrīx	scrīptrīcēs
genitive	scrīptrīcis	scrīptrīcum
dative	scrīptrīcī	scrīptrīcibus
accusative	scrīptrīcem	scrīptrīcēs
ablative	scrīptrīce	scrīptrīcibus
vocative	scrīptrīx	scrīptrīcēs

Descendants

• Italian: scrittrice