noun · femininethird declension
auctrīx
auctrīx f (genitive auctrīcis, masculine auctor)
Classical[ˈau̯k.triːks]Ecclesiastical[ˈau̯k.triks]
Meaning
- Late Latina female originator
Traditio tibi prætendetur auctrix, consuetudo confirmatrix, et fides observatrix.
Tradition will be held forth to you as the originator of them, custom as their strengthener, and faith as their observer.211-212, Tertullian, De corona, pages 4–5:Auctrix peccati Eva ; auctrix meriti Maria. Eva occidendo obfuit ; Maria vivificando profuit. Illa percussit ; ista sanavit.
Eve was the authoress of sin, Mary the authoress of merit. Eve injured us by giving death, Mary benefits us by giving life. The one wounded, the other healed.c. 400, Augustine of Hippo, In festo Assumptionis B. Mariæ:
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | auctrīx | auctrīcēs |
| genitive | auctrīcis | auctrīcum |
| dative | auctrīcī | auctrīcibus |
| accusative | auctrīcem | auctrīcēs |
| ablative | auctrīce | auctrīcibus |
| vocative | auctrīx | auctrīcēs |
auctrix, īcis, f. auctor.
I. She that originates a thing, an author (very rare, and post-class. for auctor, q. v. fin.):
materia auctrix universitatis, Tert. adv. Herm. 5: anima auctrix operum carnis, id. adv. Marc. 5, 10: comoediae scelerum et libidinum auctrices, id. Spect. 18.—II. A female seller or surety (very rare, and post-class.), Cod. Diocl. et Max. 8, 45, 16; Tert. Anim. 57.
Origins
From augeō, auctum (“to increase, nourish”, verb) + -trīx f (“-ess”, agentive suffix).
Descendants
- Italianautrice
- Englishauctrixfrom Middle English auctrice
- Englishauthrixfrom Middle English auctrice
- Frenchautricefrom Middle French actrixe
- Frenchauctricefrom Middle French actrixe
- Dutchautricefrom Middle French actrixe