saltatrix

Latin

Etymology

From saltō +‎ -trīx.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /salˈtaː.triːks/, [s̠äɫ̪ˈt̪äːt̪riːks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /salˈta.triks/, [säl̪ˈt̪äːt̪riks]

Noun

saltātrīx f (genitive saltātrīcis, masculine saltātor); third declension

1. female dancer, dancing girl

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	saltātrīx	saltātrīcēs
genitive	saltātrīcis	saltātrīcum
dative	saltātrīcī	saltātrīcibus
accusative	saltātrīcem	saltātrīcēs
ablative	saltātrīce	saltātrīcibus
vocative	saltātrīx	saltātrīcēs

Derived terms

• saltātrīcula

Related terms

• saltātor

References

• “saltatrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “saltatrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• saltatrix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.