imitatrix
English
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin imitātrīx. By surface analysis, imitate + -trix.
Noun
imitatrix (plural imitatrixes)
Synonyms
References
- “imitatrix”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Latin
Etymology
From imitor, imitātum (“to represent”, verb) + -trīx f (“-ess”, agentive suffix).
Noun
imitātrīx f (genitive imitātrīcis, masculine imitātor); third declension
- imitator (female)
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | imitātrīx | imitātrīcēs |
| genitive | imitātrīcis | imitātrīcum |
| dative | imitātrīcī | imitātrīcibus |
| accusative | imitātrīcem | imitātrīcēs |
| ablative | imitātrīce | imitātrīcibus |
| vocative | imitātrīx | imitātrīcēs |
References
- “imitatrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “imitatrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- imitatrix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.