gubernatrix

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English

Etymology

Latin gubernātrīx

Noun

gubernatrix

  1. (rare) A female governor.
    • 2005, Caroline P. Murphy, The Pope's Daughter, page VI:
      The year 1527 marked Felice's tenth anniversary as gubernatrix of the Bracciano Orsini.

Synonyms

Latin

Etymology

From gubernātor +‎ -trīx.

Pronunciation

Noun

gubernātrīx f (genitive gubernātrīcis, masculine gubernātor); third declension

  1. female equivalent of gubernātor

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative gubernātrīx gubernātrīcēs
Genitive gubernātrīcis gubernātrīcum
Dative gubernātrīcī gubernātrīcibus
Accusative gubernātrīcem gubernātrīcēs
Ablative gubernātrīce gubernātrīcibus
Vocative gubernātrīx gubernātrīcēs

Descendants

  • Italian: governatrice

References

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