imitatrix

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin imitātrīx. By surface analysis, imitate +‎ -trix.

Noun

imitatrix (plural imitatrixes)

1. (archaic, rare) A female imitator.

Synonyms

• imitatress

References

• “imitatrix”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “imitatrix, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Latin

Etymology

From imitor, imitātum (“to represent”, verb) +‎ -trīx f (“-ess”, agentive suffix).

Noun

imitātrīx f (genitive imitātrīcis, masculine imitātor); third declension

1. imitator (female)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	imitātrīx	imitātrīcēs
genitive	imitātrīcis	imitātrīcum
dative	imitātrīcī	imitātrīcibus
accusative	imitātrīcem	imitātrīcēs
ablative	imitātrīce	imitātrīcibus
vocative	imitātrīx	imitātrīcēs

Descendants

• ⇒ Translingual: Elytrimitatrix

References

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