rectrix

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English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin rēctrīx (one who directs). By surface analysis, rector +‎ -trix.

Noun

rectrix (plural rectrices)

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  1. A governess; a rectoress.
  2. A flight feather on the tails of birds, used for directional control.

Latin

Etymology

From regō, rēctum (to rule, verb) +‎ -trīx f (-ess, agentive suffix).

Pronunciation

Noun

rēctrīx f (genitive rēctrīcis, masculine rēctor); third declension

  1. governess, directress
  2. (New Latin) rectrix, steering-feather

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

  • English: rectrix
  • French: rectrice (learned)

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