See directrix on Wiktionary
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"word": "johtosuora"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "a line used to define a curve or surface",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "directrice"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"lang_code": "el",
"roman": "diefthetoúsa",
"sense": "a line used to define a curve or surface",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "διευθετούσα"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "a line used to define a curve or surface",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "kierownica"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "a line used to define a curve or surface",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "directriz"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"lang_code": "ta",
"roman": "iyakkuvarai",
"sense": "a line used to define a curve or surface",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "இயக்குவரை"
}
],
"word": "directrix"
}
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": ":af",
"3": "dīrēctus<id:straight>",
"4": "-trīx",
"text": "*",
"title": "dīrēctrīx"
},
"expansion": "From dīrēctus + -trīx.",
"name": "ety"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From dīrēctus + -trīx.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "dīrēctrīx",
"tags": [
"canonical",
"feminine"
]
},
{
"form": "dīrēctrīcis",
"tags": [
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "dīrēctor",
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "la-ndecl",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "dīrēctrīx",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "dīrēctrīcēs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "dīrēctrīcis",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "dīrēctrīcum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "dīrēctrīcī",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "dīrēctrīcibus",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "dīrēctrīcem",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "dīrēctrīcēs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "dīrēctrīce",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "dīrēctrīcibus",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "dīrēctrīx",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "dīrēctrīcēs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "dīrēctrīx<3>",
"m": "dīrēctor"
},
"expansion": "dīrēctrīx f (genitive dīrēctrīcis, masculine dīrēctor); third declension",
"name": "la-noun"
}
],
"hyphenations": [
{
"parts": [
"dī",
"rēc",
"trīx"
]
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "dīrēctrīx<3>"
},
"name": "la-ndecl"
}
],
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Latin 3-syllable words",
"Latin entries with etymology texts",
"Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"Latin female equivalent nouns",
"Latin feminine nouns",
"Latin feminine nouns in the third declension",
"Latin lemmas",
"Latin nouns",
"Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₃reǵ-",
"Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *dwóh₁",
"Latin terms suffixed with -trix",
"Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Latin terms with quotations",
"Latin third declension nouns",
"Pages using etymon with no ID",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "Greece […], the inventor of the sciences […], the flower and guide of warfare and arms",
"ref": "1141 – 1445, Liber Pluscardensis VII.14, (ed. F. J. H. Skene (Historians of Scotland VII) [Edinburgh 1877], quoted in DMLBS)",
"text": "Grecia[…], scienciārum inventrīx[…], mīlicie et armōrum flōs et dīrēctrīx",
"translation": "Greece […], the inventor of the sciences […], the flower and guide of warfare and arms",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "the king of the English […] with prudence as his guide",
"ref": "c. 1446, Pseudo-Elmham, Vita et gesta Henrici V 91.107, (ed. T. Hearne [Oxford 1727], quoted in DMLBS)",
"text": "rēgis Anglōrum[…]prūdenciā dīrēctrīce",
"translation": "the king of the English […] with prudence as his guide",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "that the previous points, acting as guides for the agreement, should reach their final effect through the personal presence of the king",
"ref": "c. 1446, Pseudo-Elmham, Vita et gesta Henrici V 91.251, (ed. T. Hearne [Oxford 1727], quoted in DMLBS)",
"text": "quod pūnctuāciōnēs previe, in concordiam dīrēctrīcēs, per persōnālem rēgis presenciam fīnālem sortīrentur effectum",
"translation": "that the previous points, acting as guides for the agreement, should reach their final effect through the personal presence of the king",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"form_of": [
{
"word": "dīrēctor"
}
],
"glosses": [
"female equivalent of dīrēctor"
],
"links": [
[
"dīrēctor",
"director#Latin"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-3",
"feminine",
"form-of"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[diːˈreːk.triːks]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[diˈrɛk.triks]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"word": "directrix"
}
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