auguratrix

Latin

Etymology

From augurō, augurātum (“to predict”, verb) +‎ -trīx f (“-ess”, agentive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [au̯.ɡʊˈraː.triːks]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [au̯.ɡuˈraː.triks]

Noun

augurātrīx f (genitive augurātrīcis); third declension

1. soothsayer, diviner (female)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	augurātrīx	augurātrīcēs
genitive	augurātrīcis	augurātrīcum
dative	augurātrīcī	augurātrīcibus
accusative	augurātrīcem	augurātrīcēs
ablative	augurātrīce	augurātrīcibus
vocative	augurātrīx	augurātrīcēs

References

• “auguratrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “auguratrix”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• auguratrix in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016