generatrix

English

Etymology

From Latin generātrīx

Noun

generatrix (plural generatrices or generatrixes)

  1. (geometry) A curve that, when rotated about an axis, produces a solid figure.
    Synonyms: describent, generant

Translations

Latin

Etymology

From generō (“bring to life, beget, generate, produce”) +‎ -trīx (feminine agentive suffix) or generātor +‎ -trīx

Pronunciation

Noun

generātrīx f (genitive generātrīcis, masculine generātor); third declension

  1. female equivalent of generātor: producer, generator; she who produces, generates, brings forth
  2. (geometry) generatrix (feminine since it is a type of līnea f (“line”))

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative generātrīx generātrīcēs
Genitive generātrīcis generātrīcum
Dative generātrīcī generātrīcibus
Accusative generātrīcem generātrīcēs
Ablative generātrīce generātrīcibus
Vocative generātrīx generātrīcēs

References
  • “generatrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • generatrix in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
  • generatrix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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