dispensatrix

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin dispēnsātrīx. By surface analysis, dispensator +‎ -trix.

Noun

dispensatrix

  1. (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

Etymology

From dispēnsō, dispēnsātum (“to dispense”, verb) +‎ -trīx f (“-ess”, agentive suffix).

Pronunciation

Noun

dispēnsātrīx f (genitive dispēnsātrīcis, masculine dispēnsātor); third declension

  1. steward, dispenser (female)
  2. housekeeper

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative dispēnsātrīx dispēnsātrīcēs
genitive dispēnsātrīcis dispēnsātrīcum
dative dispēnsātrīcī dispēnsātrīcibus
accusative dispēnsātrīcem dispēnsātrīcēs
ablative dispēnsātrīce dispēnsātrīcibus
vocative dispēnsātrīx dispēnsātrīcēs

References

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