ianitrix

See also: janitrix

Latin

Alternative forms

• jā̆nitrīx

Etymology

From *iā̆niter +‎ -trīx, apparently as a hypercorrection for *ieniter (from other shifts such as iānuārius > ienuārius), from Proto-Italic *ienatēr, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁yénh₂tēr. Cognates include Ancient Greek ἐνάτηρ (enátēr), Sanskrit यातृ (yātṛ), Old Armenian ներ (ner) and Old Church Slavonic ꙗтрꙑ (jatry).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈjaː.nɪ.triːks], [ˈja.nɪ.triːks]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈjaː.ni.triks]

Noun

iā̆nitrīx f (genitive iā̆nitrīcis); third declension

1. co-sister-in-law (husband's brother's wife)

Usage notes

• Only attested in Late Latin glosses, so the vowel length in the first syllable is not known.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	iā̆nitrīx	iā̆nitrīcēs
genitive	iā̆nitrīcis	iā̆nitrīcum
dative	iā̆nitrīcī	iā̆nitrīcibus
accusative	iā̆nitrīcem	iā̆nitrīcēs
ablative	iā̆nitrīce	iā̆nitrīcibus
vocative	iā̆nitrīx	iā̆nitrīcēs

References

• “jānĭtrīces”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “janitrix”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “ianitrīcēs”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 294