dispensatrix
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]dispensatrix
- (archaic) A female dispensator.
- 1852, The Glories of Mary, translation of original by Saint Alfonso Maria de' Liguori, page 439:
- Rightly then is this divine mother called the treasure, the treasurer, and the dispensatrix of divine graces.
Latin
[edit]Noun
[edit]dispēnsātrīx f (genitive dispēnsātrīcis, masculine dispēnsātor); third declension
- steward, dispenser (female)
- housekeeper
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | dispēnsātrīx | dispēnsātrīcēs |
| genitive | dispēnsātrīcis | dispēnsātrīcum |
| dative | dispēnsātrīcī | dispēnsātrīcibus |
| accusative | dispēnsātrīcem | dispēnsātrīcēs |
| ablative | dispēnsātrīce | dispēnsātrīcibus |
| vocative | dispēnsātrīx | dispēnsātrīcēs |
References
[edit]- “dispensatrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- dispensatrix in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- dispensatrix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.