cultrix
Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
cultrix: īcis, f. cultor.
I 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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
cultrīx,¹⁴ īcis, f. (cultor), celle qui cultive : Cic. Fin. 5, 39
