LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

genetrīx

genetrīx f (genitive genetrīcis, masculine genitor)
Classical[ˈɡɛ.nɛ.triːks]Ecclesiastical[ˈd͡ʒɛː.ne.triks]

Meaning

  1. mother
  2. ancestress

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

māter (verbum poētārum)
genetrīx -īcis (f) — in Aeneis, ch. 6

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativegenetrīxgenetrīcēs
genitrīcēs
genitivegenetrīcis
genitrīcis		genetrīcum
genitrīcum
dativegenetrīcī
genitrīcī		genetrīcibus
genitrīcibus
accusativegenetrīcem
genitrīcem		genetrīcēs
genitrīcēs
ablativegenetrīce
genitrīce		genetrīcibus
genitrīcibus
vocativegenetrīxgenetrīcēs
genitrīcēs

gĕnĕtrix (less freq. gĕnĭtrix; cf. Wagn. Verg. G. 4, 363, and Lachm. ad Lucr. II. p. 15 sq.), īcis, f. genitor,
I. she that has borne any one, or produced any thing, a mother (poet. and in post-Aug. prose; syn. mater).
I. Lit.: Venus, genetrix patris nostri (Aeneae), Enn. ap. Non. 378, 16 (Ann. v. 53 Vahl.); so of Venus, as the mother of Aeneas, Verg. A. 1, 590; 8, 383; 12, 412; 554; as the ancestress of the Romans: Aeneadūm genetrix, Lucr. 1, 1; and of Cæsar, Suet. Caes. 61; 78; 84 (cf.: Venere prognatus, of Cæsar, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 15, 2; cf. also Suet. Caes. 6 and 49); as the mother of Amor, Verg. A. 1, 689; of Cybele: me magna deūm genetrix his detinet oris, (also called Magna Mater), id. ib. 2, 788; so of the same, id. ib. 9, 82; 94; 117: genetrix Priami de gente vetusta Est mihi (shortly after: parens), id. ib. 9, 284; cf.: nec ferro ut demens genetricem occidis Orestes (shortly after: occisa parente), Hor. S. 2, 3, 133: (ciconiae) genetricum senectam invicem educant, Plin. 10, 23, 32, § 63; Vulg. Cant. 3, 4 al.—
II. Transf.
A. She that produces, a mother: (tellus) magna deūm mater materque ferarum, et nostri genetrix corporis, Lucr. 2, 599: patria o mea creatrix! patria o mea genetrix! Cat. 63, 50: frugum, i. e. Ceres, Ov. M. 5, 490: Miletus, Ioniae caput, super octoginta urbium per cuncta maria genetrix, mother-city, Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 112: Aegyptus vitiorum genetrix, id. 26, 1, 3, § 4: genetrix virtutum frugalitas, Just. 20, 4.—
B. Poet. of a mother-in-law, Ov. M. 9, 326.

Origins

Derived from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁trih₂, and cognate to Sanskrit जनित्री (jánitrī), जात्री (jātrī́), Ancient Greek γενέτειρα (genéteira). By surface analysis, genitor (“parent, father”) + -trīx.

Descendants
  • Englishgenetrix
  • Englishgenitrix
  • Italiangenitrice

Quick answers

What does genetrīx mean in Latin?
genetrīx, a noun, means “mother; ancestress”.
What is the genitive of genetrīx?
The genitive singular is genetrīcis. genetrīx is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce genetrīx?
In classical Latin, [ˈɡɛ.nɛ.triːks]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈd͡ʒɛː.ne.triks].