lectrix

== Latin == === Etymology === From legō, lēctum (“to read”, verb) +‎ -trīx f (“-ess”, agentive suffix). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɫeːk.triːks] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈlɛk.triks] === Noun === lēctrīx f (genitive lēctrīcis, masculine lēctor); third declension A female reader ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Related terms ==== lēctitō lēctiuncula lēctor ==== Descendants ==== Italian: lettrice === References === “lectrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press "lectrix", 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) “lectrix”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.