ultrix

Latin

Etymology

ulcīscor (“to avenge”) +‎ -trīx (feminine agent noun suffix). Compare ultor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈul.triːks/, [ˈʊɫ̪t̪riːks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈul.triks/, [ˈul̪t̪riks]

Noun

ultrīx f (genitive ultrīcis, masculine ultor); third declension

1. avenger, punisher (female)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ultrīx	ultrīcēs
Genitive	ultrīcis	ultrīcum
Dative	ultrīcī	ultrīcibus
Accusative	ultrīcem	ultrīcēs
Ablative	ultrīce	ultrīcibus
Vocative	ultrīx	ultrīcēs

Descendants

• Italian: ultrice
• Spanish: ultriz

Adjective

ultrīx f

1. avenging
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.473:

     [...] cum fugit, ultrīcēsque sedent in līmine Dīrae.

     [...] when [Orestes] flees, and the avenging Dirae await him at the doorway.

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective (feminine-only in the singular, feminine- and neuter-only in the plural).

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	—	ultrīx	—		—	ultrīcēs	ultrīcia
Genitive		ultrīcis				ultrīcium
Dative		ultrīcī				ultrīcibus
Accusative		ultrīcem				ultrīcēs	ultrīcia
Ablative		ultrīce ultrīcī				ultrīcibus
Vocative		ultrīx				ultrīcēs	ultrīcia

References

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