gubernatrix

See also: Gubernatrix

English

Etymology

Latin gubernātrīx

Noun

gubernatrix

(rare) A female governor.
- 2005, Caroline P. Murphy, The Pope's Daughter, page VI:
  The year 1527 marked Felice's tenth anniversary as gubernatrix of the Bracciano Orsini.

Synonyms

Latin

Etymology

From gubernātor +‎ -trīx.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ɡu.berˈnaː.triːks/, [ɡʊbɛrˈnäːt̪riːks̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ɡu.berˈna.triks/, [ɡuberˈnäːt̪riks]

Noun

gubernātrīx f (genitive gubernātrīcis, masculine gubernātor); third declension

female equivalent of gubernātor

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	gubernātrīx	gubernātrīcēs
Genitive	gubernātrīcis	gubernātrīcum
Dative	gubernātrīcī	gubernātrīcibus
Accusative	gubernātrīcem	gubernātrīcēs
Ablative	gubernātrīce	gubernātrīcibus
Vocative	gubernātrīx	gubernātrīcēs

Descendants

Italian: governatrice

References

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

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