lectrix

Latin

Etymology

From legō, lēctum (“to read”, verb) +‎ -trīx f (“-ess”, agentive suffix).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

lēctrīx f (genitive lēctrīcis, masculine lēctor); third declension

1. A female reader

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	lēctrīx	lēctrīcēs
genitive	lēctrīcis	lēctrīcum
dative	lēctrīcī	lēctrīcibus
accusative	lēctrīcem	lēctrīcēs
ablative	lēctrīce	lēctrīcibus
vocative	lēctrīx	lēctrīcēs

Related terms

• lēctitō
• lēctiuncula
• lēctor

Descendants

• Italian: lettrice

References

• “lectrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "lectrix", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “lectrix”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.