moderatrix
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin moderātrīx. By surface analysis, moderator + -trix.
Noun
moderatrix (plural moderatrices or moderatrixes)
Synonyms
References
- “moderatrix”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Latin
Etymology
From moderor, moderātum (“to set a measure or bounds to”, verb) + -trīx f (“-ess”, agentive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [mɔ.dɛˈraː.triːks]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [mo.d̪eˈraː.t̪riks]
Noun
moderātrīx f (genitive moderātrīcis, masculine moderātor); third declension
- controller, manager, director (female); mistress (female master)
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | moderātrīx | moderātrīcēs |
| genitive | moderātrīcis | moderātrīcum |
| dative | moderātrīcī | moderātrīcibus |
| accusative | moderātrīcem | moderātrīcēs |
| ablative | moderātrīce | moderātrīcibus |
| vocative | moderātrīx | moderātrīcēs |
References
- “moderatrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “moderatrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- moderatrix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.