compotrix

Latin

Etymology

con- +‎ pōtrīx

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /komˈpoː.triːks/, [kɔmˈpoːt̪riːks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /komˈpo.triks/, [komˈpɔːt̪riks]

Noun

compōtrīx f (genitive compōtrīcis); third declension

1. female equivalent of compōtor (“drinking companion”)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	compōtrīx	compōtrīcēs
Genitive	compōtrīcis	compōtrīcum
Dative	compōtrīcī	compōtrīcibus
Accusative	compōtrīcem	compōtrīcēs
Ablative	compōtrīce	compōtrīcibus
Vocative	compōtrīx	compōtrīcēs

References

• “compotrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “compotrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers