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Latin
Etymology
From faveō + -trīx.
Pronunciation
Noun
fautrīx f (genitive fautrīcis, masculine fautor); third declension
- patroness, protectress
Declension
Third-declension noun.
References
- “fautrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “fautrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- fautrix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to be favoured by Fortune; to bask in Fortune's smiles: fortunam fautricem nancisci