usurpatrix

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin usurpatrix.

Noun

usurpatrix

1. A female usurper.

   Synonym: usurpress

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /uː.suːrˈpaː.triːks/, [uːs̠uːrˈpäːt̪riːks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /u.surˈpa.triks/, [us̬urˈpäːt̪riks]

Noun

ūsūrpātrīx f (genitive ūsūrpātrīcis); third declension

1. a female usurper; usurpress

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ūsūrpātrīx	ūsūrpātrīcēs
Genitive	ūsūrpātrīcis	ūsūrpātrīcum
Dative	ūsūrpātrīcī	ūsūrpātrīcibus
Accusative	ūsūrpātrīcem	ūsūrpātrīcēs
Ablative	ūsūrpātrīce	ūsūrpātrīcibus
Vocative	ūsūrpātrīx	ūsūrpātrīcēs

Descendants

• → English: usurpatrix
• → French: usurpatrice (learned)
• → Italian: usurpatrice (learned)

References

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