aemulatrix

Latin

Etymology

From aemulor, aemulātum (“to endeavour to equal or excel someone”, verb) +‎ -trīx f (“-ess”, agentive suffix).

Pronunciation

Noun

aemulātrīx f (genitive aemulātrīcis, masculine aemulātor); third declension

  1. female emulator
  2. female rival

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative aemulātrīx aemulātrīcēs
genitive aemulātrīcis aemulātrīcum
dative aemulātrīcī aemulātrīcibus
accusative aemulātrīcem aemulātrīcēs
ablative aemulātrīce aemulātrīcibus
vocative aemulātrīx aemulātrīcēs

Descendants

  • French: émulatrice
  • Italian: emulatrice

References

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