Latin

Noun

auctrīx f ‎(genitive auctrīcis); third declension

1. (Medieval Latin) a female originator

   Ave Maria, O auctrix vitae

   Hail Mary, originator of life

Inflection

Third declension.

Descendants

• Italian: autrice

References

• auctrix in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “auctrix”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.