defenstrix

Latin

Etymology

From dēfendō, dēfēnsum (“to defend”, verb) +‎ -trīx f (“-ess”, agentive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [deːˈfẽː.striːks]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [deˈfɛn.striks]

Noun

dēfēnstrīx f (genitive dēfēnstrīcis, masculine dēfēnsor); third declension

1. female equivalent of dēfēnsor

   Synonym: dēfēnsātrīx

   • c. 500 AD, Priscianus Grammaticus, Partitiones XII uersuum Aeneidos principalium‎, page 282:

     Defenstrix quoque Cicero in Timaeo protulit addita t.

     Cicero also used "defenstrix" in his Timaeus, with an added t

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	dēfēnstrīx	dēfēnstrīcēs
genitive	dēfēnstrīcis	dēfēnstrīcum
dative	dēfēnstrīcī	dēfēnstrīcibus
accusative	dēfēnstrīcem	dēfēnstrīcēs
ablative	dēfēnstrīce	dēfēnstrīcibus
vocative	dēfēnstrīx	dēfēnstrīcēs