redemptrix

== English == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin redēmptrīx. By surface analysis, redemptor +‎ -trix. === Noun === redemptrix (religion) A female redeemer. Synonyms: redeemeress, redemptress ==== Derived terms ==== coredemptrix == Latin == === Etymology === From redimō, redēmptum (“to buy back”, verb) +‎ -trīx f (“-ess”, agentive suffix). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [rɛˈdeːmp.triːks] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [reˈdɛmp.triks] === Noun === redēmptrīx f (genitive redēmptrīcis, masculine redēmptor); third declension contractor, undertaker, purveyor, farmer (female) redemptress (female redeemer) ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. === References === “redemptrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “redemptrix”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.