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Latin
Etymology
From pollicitor (to promise) + -trīx (feminine agent noun forming suffix).
Pronunciation
Noun
pollicitātrix f (genitive pollicitātricis, masculine pollicitātor); third declension
- woman who promises, female promiser
- Tertullian, Apologeticum, 23.
Ista ipsa virgo Caelestis pluviarum pollicitatrix, ipse iste Aesculapius medicinarum demonstrator- The celestial virgin herself is a promiser of rain, Asclepius himself is a demonstrator of medicine.
Declension
Third-declension noun.
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