gubernatrix

See also: Gubernatrix

English

Etymology

From Latin gubernātrīx.

Noun

gubernatrix

1. (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

• governess
• governoress

References

• “gubernatrix, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Latin

Etymology

From gubernō, gubernātum (“to pilot, govern”, verb) +‎ -trīx f (“-ess”, agentive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɡʊ.bɛrˈnaː.triːks]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ɡu.berˈnaː.triks]

Noun

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

1. female equivalent of gubernātor

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	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.