ballatrix

== Latin == === Etymology === From ballō, ballātum (“to dance”, verb) +‎ -trīx f (“-ess”, agentive suffix). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [balˈlaː.triːks] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [balˈlaː.triks] === Noun === ballātrīx f (genitive ballātrīcis, masculine ballātor); third declension female dancer, dancerette, danceress ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Related terms ==== === References === "ballatrix", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “ballatrix”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.