| 释义 |
-trice, suffix
a. F. -trice, ad. L. -trīx, -trīce-m, or It. -trice; in Latin forming feminines to agent-nouns in -tor. In Eng. formerly used in many words, as in corruptrice, directrice, genetrice, imperatrice, mediatrice, oratrice, salvatrice, victrice, also (from deserter) desertrice. Modern Eng. prefers the form -trix from the L. nominative, esp. in legal and learned words; but, in others, generally substitutes the compound suffix -tress. |