cantatrix

== Latin == === Etymology === From cantō, cantātum (“sing”, verb) +‎ -trīx f (“-ess”, agentive suffix). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kanˈtaː.triːks] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kanˈtaː.triks] === Noun === cantātrīx f (genitive cantātrīcis, masculine cantātor); third declension songstress, singer (female) Synonym: cantrīx player (female) ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. === Adjective === cantātrīx f (relational) singing; musical ==== Declension ==== Third-declension feminine-only adjective. === References === “cantatrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “cantatrix”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.