ballatrix

Latin

Etymology

From ballō, ballātum (“to dance”, verb) +‎ -trīx f (“-ess”, agentive suffix).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ballātrīx f (genitive ballātrīcis, masculine ballātor); third declension

1. female dancer, dancerette, danceress

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	ballātrīx	ballātrīcēs
genitive	ballātrīcis	ballātrīcum
dative	ballātrīcī	ballātrīcibus
accusative	ballātrīcem	ballātrīcēs
ablative	ballātrīce	ballātrīcibus
vocative	ballātrīx	ballātrīcēs

Related terms

• ballātio
• ballātor
• ballēmātia
• ballēmāticus

References

• "ballatrix", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “ballatrix”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.