creatrix
English
Etymology
From Latin creātrīx. Equivalent to create + -trix.
Noun
creatrix (plural creatrixes or creatrices)
- (rare) A female creator.
Latin
Etymology
From creātor (“creator, author, founder”), from creō (“create, make”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kreˈaː.triːks/, [kreˈäːt̪riːks̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kreˈa.triks/, [kreˈäːt̪riks]
Noun
creātrīx f (genitive creātrīcis, masculine creātor); third declension
- A female who brings forth or produces; a mother.
- A female founder, authoress, creatrix.
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | creātrīx | creātrīcēs |
| Genitive | creātrīcis | creātrīcum |
| Dative | creātrīcī | creātrīcibus |
| Accusative | creātrīcem | creātrīcēs |
| Ablative | creātrīce | creātrīcibus |
| Vocative | creātrīx | creātrīcēs |
Related terms
- creābilis
- creāmen
- creātiō
- creātor
- creātūra
- creō
Descendants
- → English: creatrix
- → French: créatrice
- → Italian: creatrice
References
- “creatrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “creatrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- creatrix in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- creatrix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette