sectrix

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *sek-

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *sékh₁yeti

Proto-Italic *sekaō

Latin secō, sectum

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 sectrīx

From secō, sectum (“to cut”, verb) + -trīx f (“-ess”, agentive suffix).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

sectrīx f (genitive sectrīcis, masculine sector); third declension

1. sectrix, which is a curve which can be used to divide an arbitrary angle by any integer.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	sectrīx	sectrīcēs
genitive	sectrīcis	sectrīcum
dative	sectrīcī	sectrīcibus
accusative	sectrīcem	sectrīcēs
ablative	sectrīce	sectrīcibus
vocative	sectrīx	sectrīcēs

References

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