mediatrix
English
Etymology
From Late Latin mediātrīx, feminine of mediātor.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmiːdɪətɹɪks/
Noun
mediatrix (plural mediatrices or mediatrixes)
- A female mediator.
- Synonym: brokeress
- 1782, Frances Burney, Cecilia, I.i.11:
- He promised, however, to speak to Mr. Harrel upon the subject, but the promise was evidently given to oblige the fair mediatrix, without any hope of advantage to the cause.
- (geometry) The line that is perpendicular to a line segment and intersects the line segment at its midpoint.
- 2000, Jean H. Gallier, Curves and surfaces in geometric modeling (page 105)
- […] the intersection of the normal at M to the parabola with the mediatrix of the line […]
- 2000, Jean H. Gallier, Curves and surfaces in geometric modeling (page 105)
Synonyms
- (female mediator): mediatress
Latin
Etymology
Post-classical Latin mediātor.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /me.diˈaː.triːks/, [mɛd̪iˈäːt̪riːks̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /me.diˈa.triks/, [med̪iˈäːt̪riks]
Noun
mediātrīx f (genitive mediātrīcis, masculine mediātor); third declension
- (Late Latin) mediator, intermediary, go-between (female)
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | mediātrīx | mediātrīcēs |
Genitive | mediātrīcis | mediātrīcum |
Dative | mediātrīcī | mediātrīcibus |
Accusative | mediātrīcem | mediātrīcēs |
Ablative | mediātrīce | mediātrīcibus |
Vocative | mediātrīx | mediātrīcēs |
Related terms
- mediator
References
- “mediatrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- mediatrix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette