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.