tractatrix
Latin
Etymology
From tractō, tractātum (“to tug”, verb) + -trīx f (“-ess”, agentive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [trakˈtaː.triːks]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [t̪rakˈt̪aː.t̪riks]
Noun
tractātrīx f (genitive tractātrīcis, masculine tractātor); third declension
- (Classical Latin) masseuse
- (Classical Latin) manager
- (Late Latin) commentator, speaker
- (Late Latin) accountant
- (Medieval Latin) entrepreneur, person responsible for shipping and handling merchandise on behalf of an investor
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | tractātrīx | tractātrīcēs |
| genitive | tractātrīcis | tractātrīcum |
| dative | tractātrīcī | tractātrīcibus |
| accusative | tractātrīcem | tractātrīcēs |
| ablative | tractātrīce | tractātrīcibus |
| vocative | tractātrīx | tractātrīcēs |
References
- “tractatrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- tractatrix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- tractatrix in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016