affectatrix

Latin

Etymology

From affectō, affectātum (“to strive after”, verb) +‎ -trīx f (“-ess”, agentive suffix).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

affectātrīx f (genitive affectātrīcis, masculine affectātor); third declension

1. aspirant (zealous seeker) (female)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	affectātrīx	affectātrīcēs
genitive	affectātrīcis	affectātrīcum
dative	affectātrīcī	affectātrīcibus
accusative	affectātrīcem	affectātrīcēs
ablative	affectātrīce	affectātrīcibus
vocative	affectātrīx	affectātrīcēs

References

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