contemplatrix
Latin
Etymology
From contemplātor (“observer, surveyor”) + -trīx (“-ess”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kon.temˈplaː.triːks/, [kɔn̪t̪ɛmˈpɫ̪äːt̪riːks̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kon.temˈpla.triks/, [kon̪t̪emˈpläːt̪riks]
Noun
contemplātrīx f (genitive contemplātrīcis, masculine contemplātor); third declension
- (rare) observer (female), contemplator (female)
Declension
Third-declension noun.
References
- “contemplatrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- contemplatrix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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