praedicatrix
Latin
Etymology
From praedicātor (“proclaimer, publisher”) + -trīx.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /prae̯.diˈkaː.triːks/, [präe̯d̪ɪˈkäːt̪riːks̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pre.diˈka.triks/, [pred̪iˈkäːt̪riks]
Noun
praedicātrīx f (genitive praedicātrīcis, masculine praedicātor); third declension
- a woman who makes known; a female proclaimer, publisher
Declension
Third-declension noun.
References
- “praedicatrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- praedicatrix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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