procreatrix
From LSJ
καλῶς δρῶν ἐξαμαρτεῖν μᾶλλον ἢ νικᾶν κακῶς → I would prefer to fail with honor than to win by evil | I prefer to fail by acting rightly rather than win by acting wrongly | Better fail by doing right, than win by doing wrong (Sophocles, Philoctetes 95)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
prōcrĕātrix: Icis, f. procreator,
I she that brings forth, a mother (class.): philosophia artium procreatrix quaedam et quasi parens, Cic. de Or. 1, 3, 9; Auct. Pervig. Ven. 64.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
prōcrĕātrīx, īcis, f., mère [fig.] : Cic. de Or. 1, 9.
