noun · femininethird declension
commendātrīx
commendātrīx f (genitive commendātrīcis, masculine commendātor)
Classical[kɔm.mɛnˈdaː.triːks]Ecclesiastical[kom.menˈdaː.triks]
Meaning
- rarethat which commends
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | commendātrīx | commendātrīcēs |
| genitive | commendātrīcis | commendātrīcum |
| dative | commendātrīcī | commendātrīcibus |
| accusative | commendātrīcem | commendātrīcēs |
| ablative | commendātrīce | commendātrīcibus |
| vocative | commendātrīx | commendātrīcēs |
commendātrix, īcis, f. id.,
I. that which commends (rare): legem commendatricem virtutum, * Cic. Leg. 1, 22, 58: terra, * Plin. Ep. 8, 20, 2.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
commendātrīx īcis, f
commendo, that which commends: lex virtutum.
Origins
From commendō, commendātum (“to commend”, verb) + -trīx f (“-ess”, agentive suffix).