aratrix

Latin

Etymology

From arō, arātum (“to plough, till”, verb) +‎ -trīx f (“-ess”, agentive suffix).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

arātrīx f (genitive arātrīcis, masculine arātor); third declension

1. A woman that ploughs or plows; ploughwoman or plowwoman, farmer woman, husbandwoman.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	arātrīx	arātrīcēs
genitive	arātrīcis	arātrīcum
dative	arātrīcī	arātrīcibus
accusative	arātrīcem	arātrīcēs
ablative	arātrīce	arātrīcibus
vocative	arātrīx	arātrīcēs

Related terms

• arātor
• arātrum
• arō

References

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