spectatrix

spectatrix

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin spectātrīx. By surface analysis, spectator +‎ -trix.

Noun

spectatrix (plural spectatrixes)

  1. (dated) A female spectator.
    Synonym: spectatress

References

Latin

Etymology

    From spectātor + -trīx.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    spectātrīx f (genitive spectātrīcis, masculine spectātor); third declension

    1. female onlooker, spectator
    2. female examiner, judge

    Declension

    Third-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative spectātrīx spectātrīcēs
    genitive spectātrīcis spectātrīcum
    dative spectātrīcī spectātrīcibus
    accusative spectātrīcem spectātrīcēs
    ablative spectātrīce spectātrīcibus
    vocative spectātrīx spectātrīcēs

    References

    • spectatrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • spectatrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • spectatrix”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.