dictatrix

English

Etymology

Latin dictator +‎ -rix

Noun

dictatrix (plural dictatrices)

(archaic) A female dictator.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for dictatrix in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Latin

Etymology

From dictātor (“chief magistrate”), from dictō (“dictate, prescribe”), from dīcō (“say, speak”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /dikˈtaː.triːks/, [dɪkˈtaː.triːks]

Noun

dictātrīx f (genitive dictātrīcis); third declension

(humorous) woman in charge
- c.205-184 BCE, Titus Maccius Plautus Persa, act v, scene 1
  Do hanc tibi florentem florenti: tu
  hic eris dictatrix nobis.

Inflection

Third declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dictātrīx	dictātrīcēs
Genitive	dictātrīcis	dictātrīcum
Dative	dictātrīcī	dictātrīcibus
Accusative	dictātrīcem	dictātrīcēs
Ablative	dictātrīce	dictātrīcibus
Vocative	dictātrīx	dictātrīcēs

Related terms

dīcō
dictāmen
dictātiō
dictātor
dictātōrius

dictātūra
dictō
dictum
dictus

References

dictatrix in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
dictatrix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette