English edit

Noun edit

janitrices

  1. plural of janitrix

Latin edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁yenh₂tēr. Cognates include Ancient Greek ἐνάτηρ (enátēr), Sanskrit यातृ (yātṛ), Old Armenian ներ (ner) and Old Church Slavonic ꙗтрꙑ (jatry).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

jānitrīcēs f pl (genitive jānitrīcum); third declension

  1. the wives of two brothers (only attested in Late Latin glosses)

Declension edit

Third-declension noun, plural only.

Case Plural
Nominative jānitrīcēs
Genitive jānitrīcum
Dative jānitrīcibus
Accusative jānitrīcēs
Ablative jānitrīcibus
Vocative jānitrīcēs

References edit

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