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noun · femininethird declension

cōnservātrīx1

cōnservātrīx f (genitive cōnservātrīcis, masculine cōnservātor)
Classical[kõː.sɛrˈwaː.triːks]Ecclesiastical[kon.serˈvaː.triks]

Meaning

  1. she who preserves or defends, protectress

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativecōnservātrīxcōnservātrīcēs
genitivecōnservātrīciscōnservātrīcum
dativecōnservātrīcīcōnservātrīcibus
accusativecōnservātrīcemcōnservātrīcēs
ablativecōnservātrīcecōnservātrīcibus
vocativecōnservātrīxcōnservātrīcēs

conservātrix, īcis, f. conservator,
I. she who preserves, defends (post-class.): conservatrices et nutrices ignis, Arn. 4, p. 151.— As an epithet of Juno, Inscr. Grut. 25, 2 al.; cf. conservator; and of industrious housewives, Inscr. Orell. 4930 al.: bonorum principum clementia conservatrix thensaurorum, Treb. Poll. Trig. Syr. 30, 16 (but the best reading, Cic. Fin. 5, 9, 26, is servatricem; cf. Madv. N. cr.).

Origins

From cōnservō, cōnservātum (“to preserve”, verb) + -trīx f (“-ess”, agentive suffix).

adjectivethird-declension defective adjective (feminine-only when singular, feminine or neuter when plural)
cōnservātrīx2
cōnservātrīx (feminine cōnservātrīx)
Classical[kõː.sɛrˈwaː.triːks]Ecclesiastical[kon.serˈvaː.triks]

Meaning

  1. adjectivedefectivepreserving
    Attamen credibile est omnesque medici recentiores in eo consentiunt, hanc vim vitalem constituere fundamentum, cui naturae humanae molimina conservatricia, destructricia, medicatricia superstructa sunt.Nevertheless, it is credible, and all recent doctors agree, that this vital power constitutes the foundation upon which the preserving, destroying, and healing undertakings of human nature are built.1775, Arnoldus Anthonius Stook, Dissertatio physiologica inauguralis de fabricâ et motu causisque motricibus cordis, page 31:

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominative—cōnservātrīx—
genitive—cōnservātrīcis—
dative—cōnservātrīcī—
accusative—cōnservātrīcem—
ablative—cōnservātrīce
cōnservātrīcī		—
vocative—cōnservātrīx—
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominative—cōnservātrīcēscōnservātrīcia
genitive—cōnservātrīciumcōnservātrīcium
dative—cōnservātrīcibuscōnservātrīcibus
accusative—cōnservātrīcēscōnservātrīcia
ablative—cōnservātrīcibuscōnservātrīcibus
vocative—cōnservātrīcēscōnservātrīcia

Origins

From cōnservō, cōnservātum (“to preserve”, verb) + -trīx f (“-ess”, agentive suffix).

Quick answers

What does cōnservātrīx mean in Latin?
cōnservātrīx, a noun, means “she who preserves or defends, protectress”.
What is the genitive of cōnservātrīx?
The genitive singular is cōnservātrīcis. cōnservātrīx is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce cōnservātrīx?
In classical Latin, [kõː.sɛrˈwaː.triːks]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [kon.serˈvaː.triks].