oratrix

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ōrātrīx. By surface analysis, orator +‎ -trix.

Noun

oratrix (plural oratrixes or oratrices)

1. (obsolete) A female plaintiff, or complainant, in equity pleading

References

• “oratrix”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “oratrix, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Latin

Etymology

From ōrō, ōrātum (“to orate”, verb) +‎ -trīx f (“-ess”, agentive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [oːˈraː.triːks]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [oˈraː.triks]

Noun

ōrātrīx f (genitive ōrātrīcis, masculine ōrātor); third declension

1. A female orator, a female speaker.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	ōrātrīx	ōrātrīcēs
genitive	ōrātrīcis	ōrātrīcum
dative	ōrātrīcī	ōrātrīcibus
accusative	ōrātrīcem	ōrātrīcēs
ablative	ōrātrīce	ōrātrīcibus
vocative	ōrātrīx	ōrātrīcēs

Descendants

• English: oratrix
• French: oratrice
• Italian: oratrice
• Portuguese: oradora
• Spanish: oratriz, oradora

References

• “oratrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “oratrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "oratrix", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “oratrix”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.