tractatrix

Latin

Etymology

From tractō +‎ -trīx.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /trakˈtaː.triːks/, [t̪räkˈt̪äːt̪riːks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /trakˈta.triks/, [t̪räkˈt̪äːt̪riks]

Noun

tractātrīx f (genitive tractātrīcis, masculine tractātor); third declension

1. (Classical Latin) masseuse
2. (Classical Latin) manager
3. (Late Latin) commentator, speaker
4. (Late Latin) accountant
5. (Medieval Latin) entrepreneur, person responsible for shipping and handling merchandise on behalf of an investor

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	tractātrīx	tractātrīcēs
Genitive	tractātrīcis	tractātrīcum
Dative	tractātrīcī	tractātrīcibus
Accusative	tractātrīcem	tractātrīcēs
Ablative	tractātrīce	tractātrīcibus
Vocative	tractātrīx	tractātrīcēs

References

• “tractatrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• tractatrix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• tractatrix in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016