altrix

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Latin

Etymology

From altor +‎ -trīx.

Pronunciation

Noun

altrīx f (genitive altrīcis, masculine altor); third declension

  1. nourisher, cherisher, sustainer (female)
  2. wetnurse / wet-nurse / wet nurse
  3. foster mother
  4. motherland

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative altrīx altrīcēs
Genitive altrīcis altrīcum
Dative altrīcī altrīcibus
Accusative altrīcem altrīcēs
Ablative altrīce altrīcibus
Vocative altrīx altrīcēs

Descendants

  • English: altricial

References

  • “altrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “altrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • altrix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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