sectrix

Latin

Etymology

From secō, sectum (“to cut”, verb) +‎ -trīx f (“-ess”, agentive suffix).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

sectrīx f (genitive sectrīcis, masculine sector); third declension

1. sectrix, which is a curve which can be used to divide an arbitrary angle by any integer.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	sectrīx	sectrīcēs
genitive	sectrīcis	sectrīcum
dative	sectrīcī	sectrīcibus
accusative	sectrīcem	sectrīcēs
ablative	sectrīce	sectrīcibus
vocative	sectrīx	sectrīcēs

References

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