miratrix

Latin

Etymology

From mīror, mīrātum (“to be astonished at”, verb) +‎ -trīx f (“-ess”, agentive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [miːˈraː.triːks]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [miˈraː.triks]

Noun

mīrātrīx f (genitive mīrātrīcis, masculine mīrātor); third declension

1. 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.

	singular	plural
nominative	mīrātrīx	mīrātrīcēs
genitive	mīrātrīcis	mīrātrīcum
dative	mīrātrīcī	mīrātrīcibus
accusative	mīrātrīcem	mīrātrīcēs
ablative	mīrātrīce	mīrātrīcibus
vocative	mīrātrīx	mīrātrīcēs

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.