miratrix
Appearance
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From mīror + -trīx (feminine agent noun forming suffix).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /miːˈraː.triːks/, [miːˈräːt̪riːks̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /miˈra.triks/, [miˈräːt̪riks]
Noun
[edit]mīrātrīx f (genitive mīrātrīcis, masculine mīrātor); third declension
- she that wonders or admires, female wonderer, female admirer
- Seneca, Phaedra 742:
- Conferat tecum decus omne priscum fama miratrix senioris aevi
- Let fame, admirer of all ancient times, join you with all ancient beauty
- Conferat tecum decus omne priscum fama miratrix senioris aevi
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun.
singular | plural | |
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nominative | mīrātrīx | mīrātrīcēs |
genitive | mīrātrīcis | mīrātrīcum |
dative | mīrātrīcī | mīrātrīcibus |
accusative | mīrātrīcem | mīrātrīcēs |
ablative | mīrātrīce | mīrātrīcibus |
vocative | mīrātrīx | mīrātrīcēs |
References
[edit]- “miratrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “miratrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- miratrix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.