educatrix

educatrix
ēdŭcātrix, īcis, f. [educator].
I.
She who brings up, a nurse, Col. 8, 11, 14; Inscr. Don. 14, no. 39.—
II.
Transf.:

earum (rerum) parens est educatrixque sapientia,

Cic. Leg. 1, 24, 62.

Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary, 1879. - Revised, Enlarged, and in Great Part Rewritten. . 2011.

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