competitrix

English

Etymology

Noun

competitrix (plural competrices)

(rare) A female competitor.
Synonym: competitress
- Edward Herbert, The History of England Under Henry VIII, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
  Queen Anne being now without competitrix for her title, thought her self secure

Latin

Etymology

From competō +‎ -trīx.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /kom.peˈtiː.triːks/, [kɔmpɛˈt̪iːt̪riːks̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kom.peˈti.triks/, [kompeˈt̪iːt̪riks]

Noun

competītrīx f (genitive competītrīcis, masculine competītor); third declension

competitor (female)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	competītrīx	competītrīcēs
Genitive	competītrīcis	competītrīcum
Dative	competītrīcī	competītrīcibus
Accusative	competītrīcem	competītrīcēs
Ablative	competītrīce	competītrīcibus
Vocative	competītrīx	competītrīcēs

Related terms

References

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

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