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auctrix

auctrix noun: a class of natural faculty.

Noun

auctrix (plural not attested)

  1. (archaic, no plural) A class of natural faculty.
    • Under the class of natural faculties, we find three principal sorts; to wit, a facultas generatrix, an auctrix, and a nutrix.1826, “Article XII. – Retrospective Review. – Tractatus de Ventriculo et Intestinis, cui præmittitur alius…”, in The North American Medical and Surgical Journal, page 145

Origin of auctrix

Learned borrowing from Latin auctrīx.

Questions about auctrix

What does auctrix mean?
Auctrix means a class of natural faculty.
What part of speech is auctrix?
Auctrix is a noun.

Words near auctrix in the dictionary

  1. auctoritie
  2. auctorities
  3. auctors
  4. auctour
  5. auctours
  6. auctrix
  7. aucuba
  8. aucubas
  9. aucubigenin
  10. aucubin
  11. aucuparin

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