generatrix
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin generātrīx
Noun edit
generatrix (plural generatrices or generatrixes)
- (geometry) A curve that, when rotated about an axis, produces a solid figure.
- Synonyms: describent, generant
Translations edit
a curve that, when rotated about an axis, produces a solid figure
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Latin edit
Etymology edit
From generō (“bring to life, beget, generate, produce”) + -trīx (feminine agentive suffix) or generātor + -trīx
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ɡe.neˈraː.triːks/, [ɡɛnɛˈräːt̪riːks̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /d͡ʒe.neˈra.triks/, [d͡ʒeneˈräːt̪riks]
Noun edit
generātrīx f (genitive generātrīcis, masculine generātor); third declension
- female equivalent of generātor: producer, generator; she who produces, generates, brings forth
- (geometry) generatrix (feminine since it is a type of līnea f (“line”))
Declension edit
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | generātrīx | generātrīcēs |
Genitive | generātrīcis | generātrīcum |
Dative | generātrīcī | generātrīcibus |
Accusative | generātrīcem | generātrīcēs |
Ablative | generātrīce | generātrīcibus |
Vocative | generātrīx | generātrīcēs |
References edit
- “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, volume 1, 8th edition, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
- generatrix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette