mediatrix

English

Etymology

From Late Latin mediātrīx, feminine of mediātor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmiːdɪətɹɪks/

Noun

mediatrix (plural mediatrices or mediatrixes)

1. A female mediator.
   • 1782, Frances Burney, Cecilia, I.i.11:

     He promised, however, to speak to Mr. Harrel upon the subject, but the promise was evidently given to oblige the fair mediatrix, without any hope of advantage to the cause.

2. (geometry) The line that is perpendicular to a line segment and intersects the line segment at its midpoint.
   • 2000, Jean H. Gallier, Curves and surfaces in geometric modeling (page 105)

     […] the intersection of the normal at M to the parabola with the mediatrix of the line […]

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Latin

Etymology

Post-classical Latin mediātor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /me.diˈaː.triːks/, [mɛd̪iˈäːt̪riːks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /me.diˈa.triks/, [med̪iˈäːt̪riks]

Noun

mediātrīx f (genitive mediātrīcis); third declension

1. (Late Latin) mediator, intermediary, go-between (female)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	mediātrīx	mediātrīcēs
Genitive	mediātrīcis	mediātrīcum
Dative	mediātrīcī	mediātrīcibus
Accusative	mediātrīcem	mediātrīcēs
Ablative	mediātrīce	mediātrīcibus
Vocative	mediātrīx	mediātrīcēs

Related terms

• mediator

References

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