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cultrix

cultrix, a cultivator

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

cultrīx, īcis, f.: an inhabitant; protectress, 3.111. (colō)
cultrix, īcis, f. [cultor].
  • Prop., she who labors at or cares for a thing: earum rerum quas terra gignit ... augendarum et alendarum quandam cultricem esse, quae sit scientia atque ars agricolarum, Cic. Fin. 5, 14, 39.—
    • B A female inhabitant: nemorum Latonia virgo, Verg. A. 11, 557; cf.: montibus Idri (Diana), Cat. 64, 300 Sillig N. cr.: collis (Janiculi) haec aetas, Ov. F. 1, 245.—
      • 2 Poet., transf., of things as subjects: foci secura patella, Pers. 3, 26.—
  • II Trop., a female worshipper: deorum montium, Lact. Mort. Pers. 11.

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