usurpatrix
English
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin ūsūrpātrīx. By surface analysis, usurper + -trix.
Noun
usurpatrix
Latin
Etymology
From ūsūrpō, ūsūrpātum (“to use; to seize”, verb) + -trīx f (“-ess”, agentive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [uː.suːrˈpaː.triːks]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [u.s̬urˈpaː.t̪riks]
Noun
ūsūrpātrīx f (genitive ūsūrpātrīcis, masculine ūsūrpātor); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ūsūrpātrīx | ūsūrpātrīcēs |
| genitive | ūsūrpātrīcis | ūsūrpātrīcum |
| dative | ūsūrpātrīcī | ūsūrpātrīcibus |
| accusative | ūsūrpātrīcem | ūsūrpātrīcēs |
| ablative | ūsūrpātrīce | ūsūrpātrīcibus |
| vocative | ūsūrpātrīx | ūsūrpātrīcēs |
Descendants
- → English: usurpatrix
- → French: usurpatrice (learned)
- → Italian: usurpatrice (learned)
References
- “usurpatrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- usurpatrix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- usurpatrix in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016