Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

auctrix

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: auc-trix
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A class of natural faculty.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"Under the class of natural faculties, we find three principal sorts; to wit, a facultas generatrix, an auctrix, and a nutrix."

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin auctrīx.

Usage

Archaic

Questions

What does auctrix mean?: A class of natural faculty.
Where does auctrix come from?: Learned borrowing from Latin auctrīx.

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