textrix

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *tek-

Proto-Indo-European *-sti

Proto-Indo-European *téksti

Proto-Italic *teksō

Latin texō, textum

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 textrīx

From texō, textum (“weave”, verb) + -trīx f (“-ess”, agentive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈtɛk.striːks]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈtɛk.striks]

Noun

textrīx f (genitive textrīcis, masculine textor); third declension

1. weaver (female)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	textrīx	textrīcēs
genitive	textrīcis	textrīcum
dative	textrīcī	textrīcibus
accusative	textrīcem	textrīcēs
ablative	textrīce	textrīcibus
vocative	textrīx	textrīcēs

Related terms

• texō
• textile
• textilis
• textor
• textōrius
• textrīnus
• textūra
• textus

References

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