regnatrix

Latin

Etymology

From rēgnō (“to rule”) +‎ -trix.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /reːɡˈnaː.triːks/, [reːŋˈnäːt̪riːks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /reɲˈɲa.triks/, [reɲˈɲäːt̪riks]

Adjective

rēgnātrīx (genitive rēgnātrīcis); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. Ruling, regnant, reigning, imperial
   • c. 117 CE, Tacitus, Annales 1.4:

     hunc et prima ab infantia eductum in domo regnatrice

     From the earliest infancy he had been raised in an imperial house.

   • 1649, Francesco Altoviti, Ferdinandum II Magnum Hetrvriae Dvcem Gratiae Musicè Colorant Cum Serenissimi Principis Auspicijs Rudem Philosophiæ Tabulam exhiberet in Florentino templo societatis Iesu‎^[1], Florence:

     Serenissima pingimus / Magni Principis ora, / Quibus Lilia sternit / Regnatricia Flora.

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   • 1701, Ius Hispano-Austriacum assertum, page 142:

     Inter perpetua Romanorũ dissidia, inde fluxam domuum regnatriciũ fortunam mirum equidem non est firmioribus rempublicam, quod statum attinet, legibus fixam non fuisse.

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   • 1702, Johann Augustin Fasch, Prussiae triumphantis libri tres in Coronam Serenissimi & Invictissimi Principis ac Domini Friderici Borvssiæ Regis Primi de Regiæ et Electoralis Domvs Brandenbvrgicæ Rebvs per Evropam Vniversam Immortali Fama Gestis., page 6:

     Dîs proxime, magnô
     Caesare Sigsmundo, Septemviralia prensas
     Nomina, dum sancto circumvallata Senatu
     Curia summa Deûm Tibi regnatricia spontè
     Brennonio fert sceptra Jovi, Divûmque tiaram
     Tradit, et imperium Marcae. Pulcherrima merces.

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Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective (feminine-only in the singular, feminine- and neuter-only in the plural).

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	—	rēgnātrīx	—		—	rēgnātrīcēs	rēgnātrīcia
genitive	—	rēgnātrīcis	—		—	rēgnātrīcium
dative	—	rēgnātrīcī	—		—	rēgnātrīcibus
accusative	—	rēgnātrīcem	—		—	rēgnātrīcēs	rēgnātrīcia
ablative	—	rēgnātrīce rēgnātrīcī	—		—	rēgnātrīcibus
vocative	—	rēgnātrīx	—		—	rēgnātrīcēs	rēgnātrīcia

Related terms

• rēgnātor

References

• “regnatrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “regnatrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• regnatrix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.