generatrix

English

Etymology

From Latin generātrīx.

Pronunciation

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Noun

generatrix (plural generatrices or generatrixes)

1. (geometry) A curve that, when rotated about an axis, produces a solid figure.

   Synonyms: describent, generant

Translations

a curve that, when rotated about an axis, produces a solid figure

• Catalan: generatriu f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 母線／母线 (zh) (mǔxiàn)

• Esperanto: naskanto
• French: génératrice (fr) f
• German: Erzeugende f, Mantellinie f
• Hungarian: alkotó (hu)
• Italian: generatrice (it) f
• Portuguese: geratriz (pt) f, generatriz f
• Russian: образу́ющая (ru) f (obrazújuščaja)
• Spanish: generatriz (es) f
• Vietnamese: đường sinh (vi)

Latin

Etymology

From generō (“bring to life, beget, generate, produce”) +‎ -trīx (feminine agentive suffix) or generātor +‎ -trīx

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ɡe.neˈraː.triːks/, [ɡɛnɛˈräːt̪riːks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒe.neˈra.triks/, [d͡ʒeneˈräːt̪riks]

Noun

generātrīx f (genitive generātrīcis, masculine generātor); third declension

1. female equivalent of generātor: producer, generator; she who produces, generates, brings forth
2. (geometry) generatrix (feminine since it is a type of līnea f (“line”))

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	generātrīx	generātrīcēs
genitive	generātrīcis	generātrīcum
dative	generātrīcī	generātrīcibus
accusative	generātrīcem	generātrīcēs
ablative	generātrīce	generātrīcibus
vocative	generātrīx	generātrīcēs

References

• “generatrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• generatrix in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
• generatrix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.