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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin moderātrīx. By surface analysis, moderator + -trix.
Noun
moderatrix (plural moderatrices or moderatrixes)
- (dated or archaic) A female moderator.
Synonyms
References
Latin
Etymology
From moderor, moderātum (“to set a measure or bounds to”, verb) + -trīx f (“-ess”, agentive suffix).
Pronunciation
Noun
moderātrīx f (genitive moderātrīcis, masculine moderātor); third declension
- controller, manager, director (female); mistress (female master)
Declension
Third-declension noun.
References
- “moderatrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “moderatrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- moderatrix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.