procreatrix

From LSJ

ἐπὶ ξυροῦ γὰρ ἀκμῆς ἔχεται ἡμῖν τὰ πρήγματα → our affairs are balanced on a razor's edge, our affairs are set upon the razor's edge

Source

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.

Latin > German (Georges)

prōcreātrīx, trīcis, f. (Femin. zu procreator), die Erzeugerin, Mutter, Constantini Maximi, Corp. inscr. Lat. 10, 517: absol., Pervig. Ven. 64: v. Tieren, apes operariae sunt tantum, non procreatrices, Cassian. de incarn. Chr. 7, 5. – übtr., artium, Cic. de or. 1, 9.

Latin > Chinese

procreatrix, icis. f. ::