cantrix

English

Etymology

From Latin cantrīx.

Noun

cantrix (plural cantrices)

1. (archaic) A female singer.

   Synonyms: chanteuse, chantress, (obsolete, rare) singeress, songstress

Related terms

• cantor
• cantorate
• chant

Latin

Etymology

From canō +‎ -trīx.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkan.triːks/, [ˈkän̪t̪riːks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkan.triks/, [ˈkän̪t̪riks]

Noun

cantrīx f (genitive cantrīcis, masculine cantor); third declension

1. songstress, singer (female)
2. player (female)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	cantrīx	cantrīcēs
genitive	cantrīcis	cantrīcum
dative	cantrīcī	cantrīcibus
accusative	cantrīcem	cantrīcēs
ablative	cantrīce	cantrīcibus
vocative	cantrīx	cantrīcēs

Coordinate terms

• cantor

Related terms

• canō
• canor
• canōrus
• cantāmen
• canticum
• cantiō
• cantō
• cantus

 

References

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