moderatrix

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin moderātrīx. By surface analysis, moderator +‎ -trix.

Noun

moderatrix (plural moderatrices or moderatrixes)

  1. (dated or archaic) A female moderator.

Synonyms

References

Latin

Etymology

From moderor, moderātum (to set a measure or bounds to, verb) +‎ -trīx f (-ess, agentive suffix).

Pronunciation

Noun

moderātrīx f (genitive moderātrīcis, masculine moderātor); third declension

  1. 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.