creditrix

English

Etymology

From Latin creditrix; equivalent to credit +‎ -trix.

Noun

creditrix

1. A female creditor.

Anagrams

• directrix

Latin

Etymology

From crēdō (“loan, lend”) +‎ -trīx (“-tress, -eress”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkreː.di.triːks/, [ˈkreːd̪ɪt̪riːks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkre.di.triks/, [ˈkrɛːd̪it̪riks]

Noun

crēditrīx f (genitive crēditrīcis, masculine crēditor); third declension

1. a female creditor

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	crēditrīx	crēditrīcēs
Genitive	crēditrīcis	crēditrīcum
Dative	crēditrīcī	crēditrīcibus
Accusative	crēditrīcem	crēditrīcēs
Ablative	crēditrīce	crēditrīcibus
Vocative	crēditrīx	crēditrīcēs

Related terms

• crēditor
• crēditum
• crēditus
• crēdō
• incrēditus
• incredulus

Descendants

• Italian: creditrice

References

• “creditrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• creditrix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.