What does ministrīx mean in Latin?

ministrīx, a noun, means “ministress, ministrix”.

What is the genitive of ministrīx?

The genitive singular is ministrīcis. ministrīx is feminine, third declension.

In classical Latin, [mɪˈnɪs.triːks]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [miˈnis.triks].

noun · femininethird declension

ministrīx f (genitive ministrīcis, masculine minister)

Classical[mɪˈnɪs.triːks]Ecclesiastical[miˈnis.triks]

ministress, ministrix
Agnes uxor Johannis Thorp, ministrix bonorum Ricardi Pygott, citatus est ad instanciam magistri Johannis Gylson.1467, [Testamentary case]; republished as Acts of Chapter of the Collegiate Church of Ss. Peter and Wilfrid, Ripon, A.D. 1452 to A.D. 1506 (The Publications of the Surtees Society; volume LXIV), […] for the Society by Andrews & Co., […]; Whittaker & Co., […]; Bernard Quaritch, […]; Blackwood & Sons, […], 1875, 52 v., page 125:
[…]ſit cũ illo quem ſuo genuit vtero ſit apud illum illa q̃ genuit · ſouit ⁊ aluit illum Maria dei genitrix · miniſtrix · ⁊ ſeruitrix ·[…]1484, Excellens Opus D. Joannis […], column 2, lines 11–14:

mĭnistrix, īcis, f. ministra, for ministra,

I. a maid-servant, handmaid: ministrix, ὑπηρέτις, Gloss. Philox.

From minister + -trīx f (“-ess”, agentive suffix).

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