miratrix

Latin

Etymology

From mīror, mīrātum (“to be astonished at”, verb) +‎ -trīx f (“-ess”, agentive suffix).

Pronunciation

Noun

mīrātrīx f (genitive mīrātrīcis, masculine mīrātor); third declension

  1. 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

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative mīrātrīx mīrātrīcēs
genitive mīrātrīcis mīrātrīcum
dative mīrātrīcī mīrātrīcibus
accusative mīrātrīcem mīrātrīcēs
ablative mīrātrīce mīrātrīcibus
vocative mīrātrīx mīrātrīcēs

References

  • “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.
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