"directrix" meaning in Latin

See directrix in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [diːˈreːk.triːks] [Classical-Latin], [diˈrɛk.triks] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From dīrēctus + -trīx. Etymology templates: {{ety|la|:af|dīrēctus&lt;id:straight&gt;|-trīx|text=*|title=dīrēctrīx}} [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" }, { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "to straighten", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*h₃reǵ-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*h₃réǵeti", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*dwizregō", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" }, { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*d(w)is-", "gloss" : "in two, apart", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "two", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*dwóh₁", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*dwís", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*dis-", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "dis-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }, { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "is_duplicate" : true, "children" : [ ], "status" : { "1" : "ine-pro", "2" : "*h₃reǵ-<id:to straighten>", "id" : "straightening" }, "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*h₃réǵeti", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*regō", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "regō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "afeq", "is_invisible" : "all" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "dīrigō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "dīrēctus", "lang" : "la" }, { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "suffix", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "agent noun", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-tḗr", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "id" : "feminine suffix", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-is", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro", "pos" : "i-stem suffix" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-h₂", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro", "pos" : "neuter plural suffix" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-ih₂", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-trih₂", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-trīks", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-trīx", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "dīrēctrīx", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }" data-lang="la" data-title="dīrēctrīx"> From dīrēctus + -trīx. Head templates: {{la-noun|dīrēctrīx&lt;3&gt;|m=dīrēctor}} dīrēctrīx f (genitive dīrēctrīcis, masculine dīrēctor); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|dīrēctrīx&lt;3&gt;}} Forms: dīrēctrīx [canonical, feminine], dīrēctrīcis [genitive], dīrēctor [masculine], no-table-tags [table-tags], dīrēctrīx [nominative, singular], dīrēctrīcēs [nominative, plural], dīrēctrīcis [genitive, singular], dīrēctrīcum [genitive, plural], dīrēctrīcī [dative, singular], dīrēctrīcibus [dative, plural], dīrēctrīcem [accusative, singular], dīrēctrīcēs [accusative, plural], dīrēctrīce [ablative, singular], dīrēctrīcibus [ablative, plural], dīrēctrīx [singular, vocative], dīrēctrīcēs [plural, vocative]
  1. female equivalent of dīrēctor Tags: declension-3, feminine, form-of Form of: dīrēctor
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          "director"
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      "parts": [
        "dī",
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  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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        {
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        {
          "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",
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        },
        {
          "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",
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          "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",
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          "dīrēctor",
          "director#Latin"
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      "tags": [
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      "ipa": "[diˈrɛk.triks]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
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}
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      "name": "ety"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From dīrēctus + -trīx.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "dīrēctrīx",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dīrēctrīcis",
      "links": [
        [
          "dīrēctrīcis",
          "directricis"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dīrēctor",
      "links": [
        [
          "dīrēctor",
          "director"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dīrēctrīx",
      "links": [
        [
          "dīrēctrīx",
          "directrix#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dīrēctrīcēs",
      "links": [
        [
          "dīrēctrīcēs",
          "directrices#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dīrēctrīcis",
      "links": [
        [
          "dīrēctrīcis",
          "directricis#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dīrēctrīcum",
      "links": [
        [
          "dīrēctrīcum",
          "directricum#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dīrēctrīcī",
      "links": [
        [
          "dīrēctrīcī",
          "directrici#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dīrēctrīcibus",
      "links": [
        [
          "dīrēctrīcibus",
          "directricibus#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dīrēctrīcem",
      "links": [
        [
          "dīrēctrīcem",
          "directricem#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dīrēctrīcēs",
      "links": [
        [
          "dīrēctrīcēs",
          "directrices#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dīrēctrīce",
      "links": [
        [
          "dīrēctrīce",
          "directrice#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dīrēctrīcibus",
      "links": [
        [
          "dīrēctrīcibus",
          "directricibus#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dīrēctrīx",
      "links": [
        [
          "dīrēctrīx",
          "directrix#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dīrēctrīcēs",
      "links": [
        [
          "dīrēctrīcēs",
          "directrices#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "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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