redemptrix

English

Etymology

Latin redemptrix

Noun

redemptrix

  1. (religion) A female redeemer.
    Synonym: redemptress

Derived terms

Latin

Noun

redēmptrīx f (genitive redēmptrīcis, masculine redēmptor); third declension

  1. contractor, undertaker, purveyor, farmer (female)
  2. redemptress (female redeemer)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative redēmptrīx redēmptrīcēs
Genitive redēmptrīcis redēmptrīcum
Dative redēmptrīcī redēmptrīcibus
Accusative redēmptrīcem redēmptrīcēs
Ablative redēmptrīce redēmptrīcibus
Vocative redēmptrīx redēmptrīcēs

References
  • “redemptrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • redemptrix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
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