gladiatrix
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin gladiātrīx (“gladiator (female)”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]gladiatrix (plural gladiatrixes or gladiatrices)
- (rare) gladiator (female)
- 1976, Elise Boulding, The underside of history: a view of women through time:
- While most gladiatrices fought privately, enough fought publicly so that finally combats were "forbidden in which women fought in companies with each other, or women with dwarfs" (de Beaumont, 1929: 54).
Synonyms
[edit]- gladiatress (very rare)
Translations
[edit]gladiator (female)
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ɡla.diˈaː.triːks/, [ɡɫ̪äd̪iˈäːt̪riːks̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ɡla.diˈa.triks/, [ɡläd̪iˈäːt̪riks]
Noun
[edit]gladiātrīx f (genitive gladiātrīcis, masculine gladiātor); third declension
- female equivalent of gladiātor: gladiatress, gladiatrix
- 1642, P. Andreæ Pinti Ramirez, Vlysiponensis, è Societate Iesu, Canticum Canticorum Salomonis, Dramatico tenore, Litterali allegoria, tropologicis notis explicatum. Opus noua tantum explicatione contentum; vbi ad eorum, quæ afferuntur, caussas, aut rectâ duceris, aut coniecturâ induceris. Tomus vnus, Indicibus necessarijs clarus, nunc primùm editus[1], Lugdunum, page 348, left column:
- [...] gladiatricis ferrum recipere iubebatur. [...]
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | gladiātrīx | gladiātrīcēs |
Genitive | gladiātrīcis | gladiātrīcum |
Dative | gladiātrīcī | gladiātrīcibus |
Accusative | gladiātrīcem | gladiātrīcēs |
Ablative | gladiātrīce | gladiātrīcibus |
Vocative | gladiātrīx | gladiātrīcēs |
Descendants
[edit]- English: gladiatrix (cf. gladiatress)
- French: gladiatrice (cf. gladiateure, from gladiateur)
- Italian: gladiatrice
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- la:Athletes