tutrix

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Latin tūtrīx

Noun[edit]

tutrix (plural tutrixes or tutrices)

  1. (obsolete) A female tutor (teacher).
  2. (Quebec law) A female tutor (person other than a parent having charge of a child or other person requiring protection).

Synonyms[edit]

Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From tueor +‎ -trīx.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

tūtrīx f (genitive tūtrīcis, masculine tūtor); third declension

  1. a female guardian; tutrix

Declension[edit]

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative tūtrīx tūtrīcēs
Genitive tūtrīcis tūtrīcum
Dative tūtrīcī tūtrīcibus
Accusative tūtrīcem tūtrīcēs
Ablative tūtrīce tūtrīcibus
Vocative tūtrīx tūtrīcēs

References[edit]

  • tutrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • tutrix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.