gubernatrix

gubernatrix

See also: Gubernatrix

Latin

Etymology

From gubernātor +‎ -trīx. Feminine form of gubernātor (“leader, governor”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ɡu.berˈnaː.triːks/, [ɡʊ.bɛrˈnaː.triːks]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ɡu.berˈna.triks/, [ɡu.berˈnaː.triks]

Noun

gubernātrīx f (genitive gubernātrīcis); third declension

1. (nautical) Female helmsman or pilot of a boat.
2. Female leader or governor.

Declension

Third declension.

Case	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