defenstrix

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Latin

Etymology

From dēfēnsus +‎ -trīx.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /deːˈfen.striːks/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /deˈfen.striks/,

Noun

dēfēnstrīx f (genitive dēfēnstrīcis, masculine dēfēnsor); third declension

female equivalent of dēfēnsor
Synonym: dēfēnsātrīx
- c. 500 AD, Priscianus Grammaticus, Partitiones XII uersuum Aeneidos principalium‎, page 282:
  Defenstrix quoque Cicero in Timaeo protulit addita t.
  Cicero also used "defenstrix" in his Timaeus, with an added t

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	dēfēnstrīx	dēfēnstrīcēs
genitive	dēfēnstrīcis	dēfēnstrīcum
dative	dēfēnstrīcī	dēfēnstrīcibus
accusative	dēfēnstrīcem	dēfēnstrīcēs
ablative	dēfēnstrīce	dēfēnstrīcibus
vocative	dēfēnstrīx	dēfēnstrīcēs

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