appetitrix

Latin

Etymology

From appetō, appetītum (“to strive for”, verb) +‎ -trīx f (“-ess”, agentive suffix).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

appetītrīx f (genitive appetītrīcis, masculine appetītor); third declension

1. one that strives or longs for something (female)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	appetītrīx	appetītrīcēs
genitive	appetītrīcis	appetītrīcum
dative	appetītrīcī	appetītrīcibus
accusative	appetītrīcem	appetītrīcēs
ablative	appetītrīce	appetītrīcibus
vocative	appetītrīx	appetītrīcēs

Related terms

• appetēns, adpetēns
• appetenter, adpetenter
• appetentia, adpetentia
• appetibilis, adpetibilis
• appetissō
• appetītio, adpetītio
• appetītīvus
• appetītor
• appetītus, adpetītus

References

• “appetitrix”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.