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Latin
Etymology
From mīror + -trīx (feminine agent noun forming suffix).
Pronunciation
Noun
mīrātrīx f (genitive mīrātrīcis); third declension
- she that wonders or admires, female wonderer, female admirer
Seneca,
Phaedra 742:
- Conferat tecum decus omne priscum fama miratrix senioris aevi
- Let fame, admirer of all ancient times, join you with all ancient beauty
Declension
Third-declension noun.
References
- “miratrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “miratrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- miratrix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.