aemulatrix

Latin

Etymology

From aemulātor +‎ -trīx. Feminine form of aemulātor (“rival, emulator”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ae̯.muˈlaː.triːks/, [äe̯mʊˈɫ̪äːt̪riːks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /e.muˈla.triks/, [emuˈläːt̪riks]

Noun

aemulātrīx f (genitive aemulātrīcis, masculine aemulātor); third declension

1. female emulator
2. female rival

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	aemulātrīx	aemulātrīcēs
Genitive	aemulātrīcis	aemulātrīcum
Dative	aemulātrīcī	aemulātrīcibus
Accusative	aemulātrīcem	aemulātrīcēs
Ablative	aemulātrīce	aemulātrīcibus
Vocative	aemulātrīx	aemulātrīcēs

Descendants

• French: émulatrice
• Italian: emulatrice

References

• “aemulatrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• aemulatrix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.