generatrix

== English == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin generātrīx. By surface analysis, generator +‎ -trix. === Pronunciation === === Noun === generatrix (plural generatrices or generatrixes) (geometry) A curve that, when rotated about an axis, produces a solid figure. Synonyms: describent, generant ==== Translations ==== === References === “generatrix, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. == Latin == === Etymology === From generō, generātum (“bring to life, beget, generate, produce”, verb) +‎ -trīx f (“-ess”, agentive suffix). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɡɛ.nɛˈraː.triːks] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [d͡ʒe.neˈraː.triks] === Noun === 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 ==== Third-declension noun. === References === “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, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung “generatrix”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.