competitrix

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English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin competītrīx. By surface analysis, competitor +‎ -trix.

Noun

competitrix (plural competrices)

  1. (rare) A female competitor.
    Synonym: competitress
    • Edward Herbert, The History of England Under Henry VIII, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
      Queen Anne being now without competitrix for her title, thought her self secure

Latin

Etymology

From competō, competītum (“to come together”, verb) +‎ -trīx f (“-ess”, agentive suffix).

Pronunciation

Noun

competītrīx f (genitive competītrīcis, masculine competītor); third declension

  1. competitor (female)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative competītrīx competītrīcēs
genitive competītrīcis competītrīcum
dative competītrīcī competītrīcibus
accusative competītrīcem competītrīcēs
ablative competītrīce competītrīcibus
vocative competītrīx competītrīcēs

References

  • “competitrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “competitrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • competitrix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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