indagatrix

English

Etymology

From Latin indāgātrīx, feminine form of indāgātor (investigator).

Pronunciation

Noun

indagatrix (plural indagatrices)

  1. (obsolete, rare) A female investigator; a searcheress.
    • 1653, Richard Sanders, Physiognomie and chiromancie, metoposcopie, the symmetrical proportions and signal moles of the body, fully and accurately handled, page 269:
      The soul, the indigatrix of all things.

References

  • The Oxford English Dictionary (2007).

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

indagō (to trace, explore) + -trīx

Pronunciation

Noun

indāgātrīx f (genitive indāgātrīcis); third declension

  1. female equivalent of indāgātor (investigator, researcher)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative indāgātrīx indāgātrīcēs
Genitive indāgātrīcis indāgātrīcum
Dative indāgātrīcī indāgātrīcibus
Accusative indāgātrīcem indāgātrīcēs
Ablative indāgātrīce indāgātrīcibus
Vocative indāgātrīx indāgātrīcēs

References

  • indagatrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • indagatrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
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