ianitrix
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== Latin ==
=== Etymology 1 ===
From *ianiter + -trīx, apparently as a hypercorrection for *ieniter (from other shifts such as iānuārius > iēnuārius), from Proto-Italic *ienatēr, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁yénh₂tēr. Cognates include Ancient Greek ἐνᾰ́τηρ (enắtēr), Sanskrit यातृ (yātṛ), Old Armenian ներ (ner) and Old Church Slavonic ꙗтрꙑ (jatry).
==== Alternative forms ====
janitrīx
==== Pronunciation ====
(Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈja.nɪ.triːks]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈjaː.ni.triks]
==== Noun ====
ianitrīx f (genitive ianitrīcis); third declension
(chiefly in the plural) co-sister-in-law (husband's brother's wife)
===== Declension =====
Third-declension noun.
==== References ====
De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “ianitrīcēs”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 294
=== Etymology 2 ===
From iānitor (“porter”) + -trīx.
==== Alternative forms ====
jānitrīx
==== Noun ====
iānitrīx f (genitive iānitrīcis); third declension
portress (female porter)
===== Declension =====
Third-declension noun.
==== References ====
“jānĭtrīces”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“janitrix”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.