gubernatrix
See also: Gubernatrix
English
Etymology
From Latin gubernātrīx.
Noun
gubernatrix
- (rare) A female governor.
- 2005, Caroline P. Murphy, The Pope's Daughter, page VI:
- The year 1527 marked Felice's tenth anniversary as gubernatrix of the Bracciano Orsini.
Synonyms
Latin
Etymology
From gubernō, gubernātum (“to pilot, govern”, verb) + -trīx f (“-ess”, agentive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɡʊ.bɛrˈnaː.triːks]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ɡu.berˈnaː.t̪riks]
Noun
gubernātrīx f (genitive gubernātrīcis, masculine gubernātor); third declension
- female equivalent of gubernātor
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | gubernātrīx | gubernātrīcēs |
| genitive | gubernātrīcis | gubernātrīcum |
| dative | gubernātrīcī | gubernātrīcibus |
| accusative | gubernātrīcem | gubernātrīcēs |
| ablative | gubernātrīce | gubernātrīcibus |
| vocative | gubernātrīx | gubernātrīcēs |
Descendants
- Italian: governatrice
References
- “gubernatrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “gubernatrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- gubernatrix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.