rectrix
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English
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin rēctrīx (“one who directs”). By surface analysis, rector + -trix.
Noun
rectrix (plural rectrices)
- A governess; a rectoress.
- A flight feather on the tails of birds, used for directional control.
Related terms
Latin
Etymology
From regō, rēctum (“to rule”, verb) + -trīx f (“-ess”, agentive suffix).
Pronunciation
Noun
rēctrīx f (genitive rēctrīcis, masculine rēctor); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | rēctrīx | rēctrīcēs |
| genitive | rēctrīcis | rēctrīcum |
| dative | rēctrīcī | rēctrīcibus |
| accusative | rēctrīcem | rēctrīcēs |
| ablative | rēctrīce | rēctrīcibus |
| vocative | rēctrīx | rēctrīcēs |
Descendants
References
- rectrix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- rectrix in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
- “rectrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press