"formatrix" meaning in Latin

See formatrix in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [foːrˈmaː.triːks] [Classical-Latin], [forˈmaː.triks] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From fōrmō + -trīx. Etymology templates: {{ety|la|:af|fōrmō|-trīx|id=one who forms|text=*|title=fōrmātrīx}} [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "is_uncertain" : true, "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "μορφή", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "fōrma", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "fōrmō", "status" : "ok", "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" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "fōrmātrīx", "lang" : "la" }" data-id="one who forms" data-lang="la" data-title="fōrmātrīx" id="Latin:_one_who_forms"> From fōrmō + -trīx. Head templates: {{la-noun|fōrmātrīx<3>|m=fōrmātor}} fōrmātrīx f (genitive fōrmātrīcis, masculine fōrmātor); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|fōrmātrīx<3>}} Forms: fōrmātrīx [canonical, feminine], fōrmātrīcis [genitive], fōrmātor [masculine], no-table-tags [table-tags], fōrmātrīx [nominative, singular], fōrmātrīcēs [nominative, plural], fōrmātrīcis [genitive, singular], fōrmātrīcum [genitive, plural], fōrmātrīcī [dative, singular], fōrmātrīcibus [dative, plural], fōrmātrīcem [accusative, singular], fōrmātrīcēs [accusative, plural], fōrmātrīce [ablative, singular], fōrmātrīcibus [ablative, plural], fōrmātrīx [singular, vocative], fōrmātrīcēs [plural, vocative]
  1. female equivalent of fōrmātor Tags: declension-3, feminine, form-of Form of: fōrmātor
    Sense id: en-formatrix-la-noun-Iq46uFvM Categories (other): Latin entries with etymology texts, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the third declension, Latin terms suffixed with -trix, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries
     
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          "ref": "c. 1264, John de Siccavilla [alias Sackville or de Secheville], De principiis naturæ 130, (ed. R. M. Giguère (Univ. Montreal, Institut d’études médiévales XIV) [Montreal & Paris, 1956]; quoted in DMLBS)",
          "text": "dīcere[…]quod virtūtēs fōrmātrīcēs in fīne operāciōnum suārum corrumpuntur",
          "translation": "to say […] that the formative powers are destroyed at the end of their operations",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "fōrmātor"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "female equivalent of fōrmātor"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fōrmātor",
          "formator#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "feminine",
        "form-of"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[foːrˈmaː.triːks]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[forˈmaː.triks]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "formatrix"
}

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