cantrix

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Ὥσπερ οἱ ἐρωτικοὶ ἀπὸ τῶν ἐν αἰσθήσει καλῶν ὁδῷ προϊόντες ἐπ' αὐτὴν καταντῶσι τὴν μίαν τῶν καλῶν πάντων καὶ νοητῶν ἀρχήν → Just as lovers systematically leave behind what is fair to sensation and attain the one true source of all that is fair and intelligible

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

cantrix: īcis, f. cantor,
I a female singer, a songstress, Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 23; Tert. adv. Marc. 3, 5.—Adj.: aves cantrices, singing, Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 14.