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Meaning of auctrix | Babel Free

Noun masculine CEFR B1
[ˈau̯k.triːks]

Definitions

a female originator

Late-Latin, declension-3

Examples

“Traditio tibi prætendetur auctrix, consuetudo confirmatrix, et fides observatrix.”

Tradition will be held forth to you as the originator of them, custom as their strengthener, and faith as their observer.

“Auctrix peccati Eva ; auctrix meriti Maria. Eva occidendo obfuit ; Maria vivificando profuit. Illa percussit ; ista sanavit.”

Eve was the authoress of sin, Mary the authoress of merit. Eve injured us by giving death, Mary benefits us by giving life. The one wounded, the other healed.

“Ave Maria, o auctrix vitae”

Hail Mary, originator of life

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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