calcatrix

Latin

Etymology

From calcō, calcātum (“to trample, tread on”, verb) +‎ -trīx f (“-ess”, agentive suffix).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

calcātrīx f (genitive calcātrīcis, masculine calcātor); third declension

1. Female calcātor

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	calcātrīx	calcātrīcēs
genitive	calcātrīcis	calcātrīcum
dative	calcātrīcī	calcātrīcibus
accusative	calcātrīcem	calcātrīcēs
ablative	calcātrīce	calcātrīcibus
vocative	calcātrīx	calcātrīcēs

Descendants

• Italian: calcatrice (“legendary reptile”)

References

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