dictatrix
English
Etymology
(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin dictator + -rix
Noun
dictatrix (plural dictatrices)
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “dictatrix”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Latin
Etymology
From dictātor (“chief magistrate”), from dictō (“dictate, prescribe”), from dīcō (“say, speak”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /dikˈtaː.triːks/, [d̪ɪkˈt̪äːt̪riːks̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /dikˈta.triks/, [d̪ikˈt̪äːt̪riks]
Noun
dictātrīx f (genitive dictātrīcis); third declension
- (humorous) woman in charge
- c.205-184 B.C.E., Titus Maccius Plautus Persa, act v, scene 1
- Do hanc tibi florentem florenti: tu
hic eris dictatrix nobis.
- Do hanc tibi florentem florenti: tu
- c.205-184 B.C.E., Titus Maccius Plautus Persa, act v, scene 1
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | dictātrīx | dictātrīcēs |
Genitive | dictātrīcis | dictātrīcum |
Dative | dictātrīcī | dictātrīcibus |
Accusative | dictātrīcem | dictātrīcēs |
Ablative | dictātrīce | dictātrīcibus |
Vocative | dictātrīx | dictātrīcēs |
Related terms
References
- “dictatrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- dictatrix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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