praedicatrix

Latin

Etymology

From praedicātor (“proclaimer, publisher”) +‎ -trīx.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /prae̯.diˈkaː.triːks/, [präe̯d̪ɪˈkäːt̪riːks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pre.diˈka.triks/, [pred̪iˈkäːt̪riks]

Noun

praedicātrīx f (genitive praedicātrīcis, masculine praedicātor); third declension

1. a woman who makes known; a female proclaimer, publisher

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	praedicātrīx	praedicātrīcēs
genitive	praedicātrīcis	praedicātrīcum
dative	praedicātrīcī	praedicātrīcibus
accusative	praedicātrīcem	praedicātrīcēs
ablative	praedicātrīce	praedicātrīcibus
vocative	praedicātrīx	praedicātrīcēs

References

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