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Latin
Etymology
From ēdūcō (“lead, draw or take out”) + -trīx (“-ess”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ēducātrīx f (genitive ēducātrīcis, masculine ēducātor); third declension
- nurse (of a child)
- foster mother
- tutor, teacher (female)
Declension
Third-declension noun.
References
- “educatrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “educatrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- educatrix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.