educatrix

Latin

Etymology

From ēdūcō (“lead, draw or take out”) +‎ -trīx (“-ess”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /eː.duˈkaː.triːks/, [eːd̪ʊˈkäːt̪riːks̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /e.duˈka.triks/, [ed̪uˈkäːt̪riks]

Noun

ēducātrīx f (genitive ēducātrīcis, masculine ēducātor); third declension

  1. nurse (of a child)
  2. foster mother
  3. tutor, teacher (female)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ēducātrīx ēducātrīcēs
Genitive ēducātrīcis ēducātrīcum
Dative ēducātrīcī ēducātrīcibus
Accusative ēducātrīcem ēducātrīcēs
Ablative ēducātrīce ēducātrīcibus
Vocative ēducātrīx ēducātrīcēs

References
  • “educatrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “educatrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • educatrix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
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