actrix

Latin

Etymology

From āctus +‎ -trix, from agō (“do, act”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈaːk.triːks/, [ˈäːkt̪riːks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈak.triks/, [ˈäkt̪riks]

Noun

āctrīx f (genitive āctrīcis); third declension

1. doer (female)
2. actress, actor (female) (person who performs in a theatrical play or movie)
3. plaintiff (female)
4. stewardess, steward (female)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	āctrīx	āctrīcēs
Genitive	āctrīcis	āctrīcum
Dative	āctrīcī	āctrīcibus
Accusative	āctrīcem	āctrīcēs
Ablative	āctrīce	āctrīcibus
Vocative	āctrīx	āctrīcēs

Related terms

• āctīvus
• āctor

Descendants

• Catalan: actriu
• French: actrice
• Italian: attrice
• Portuguese: atriz
• Spanish: actriz

References

• “actrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• actrix in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• actrix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.