pollicitatrix

Latin

Etymology

From pollicitor, pollicitātum (“to promise”, verb) +‎ -trīx f (“-ess”, agentive suffix).

Pronunciation

Noun

pollicitātrix f (genitive pollicitātricis, masculine pollicitātor); third declension

  1. woman who promises, female promiser
    • Tertullian, Apologeticum, 23.
      Ista ipsa virgo Caelestis pluviarum pollicitatrix, ipse iste Aesculapius medicinarum demonstrator
      The celestial virgin herself is a promiser of rain, Asclepius himself is a demonstrator of medicine.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative pollicitātrix pollicitātricēs
genitive pollicitātricis pollicitātricum
dative pollicitātricī pollicitātricibus
accusative pollicitātricem pollicitātricēs
ablative pollicitātrice pollicitātricibus
vocative pollicitātrix pollicitātricēs

References

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