creditrix

English

Etymology

Latin creditrix; equivalent to credit +‎ -rix

Noun

creditrix

A female creditor.

Anagrams

directrix

Latin

Etymology

From crēditor, from crēdō (“loan, lend”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkreː.di.triːks/, [ˈkreːd̪ɪt̪riːks̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkre.di.triks/, [ˈkrɛːd̪it̪riks]

Noun

crēditrīx f (genitive crēditrīcis); third declension

a female creditor

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	crēditrīx	crēditrīcēs
Genitive	crēditrīcis	crēditrīcum
Dative	crēditrīcī	crēditrīcibus
Accusative	crēditrīcem	crēditrīcēs
Ablative	crēditrīce	crēditrīcibus
Vocative	crēditrīx	crēditrīcēs

Related terms

Descendants

Italian: creditrice

References

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

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