testatrix

English

Etymology

From Late Latin testātrīx, feminine of Latin testātor (“one who makes a will”); see testator.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛsˈteɪtɹɪks/

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• Rhymes: -eɪtɹɪks

Noun

testatrix (plural testatrices or testatrixes)

1. (law) A female testator.

Related terms

• testament
• testator
• testify
• testimonial
• testimony

References

• “testatrix”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “testatrix”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

Latin

Etymology

testor (“I am witness, testify, attest; I make a will”) +‎ -ātrīx

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /tesˈtaː.triːks/, [t̪ɛs̠ˈt̪äːt̪riːks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /tesˈta.triks/, [t̪esˈt̪äːt̪riks]

Noun

testātrīx f (genitive testātrīcis, masculine testātor); third declension

1. a female testator; testatrix

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	testātrīx	testātrīcēs
genitive	testātrīcis	testātrīcum
dative	testātrīcī	testātrīcibus
accusative	testātrīcem	testātrīcēs
ablative	testātrīce	testātrīcibus
vocative	testātrīx	testātrīcēs

References

• “testatrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• testatrix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.