electrix

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin ēlēctrīx. By surface analysis, elector +‎ -trix.

Noun

electrix (plural electrices)

1. (now historical) The wife of a German elector, often used as a title. [from 17th c.]

Synonyms

• electress

References

• “electrix, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Latin

Etymology

From ēligō, ēlēctum (“to choose, pick out”, verb) +‎ -trīx f (“-ess”, agentive suffix).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ēlēctrīx f (genitive ēlēctrīcis, masculine ēlēctor); third declension

1. chooser, selector (female who selects or chooses)
2. voter, elector (female who votes or elects)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	ēlēctrīx	ēlēctrīcēs
genitive	ēlēctrīcis	ēlēctrīcum
dative	ēlēctrīcī	ēlēctrīcibus
accusative	ēlēctrīcem	ēlēctrīcēs
ablative	ēlēctrīce	ēlēctrīcibus
vocative	ēlēctrīx	ēlēctrīcēs

References

• “electrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “electrix”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 580.
• electrix in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, column 2378