architecta

Latin

Etymology

From architectus (“architect”) +‎ -a (feminine suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ar.kʰiˈtek.ta/, [ärkʰɪˈt̪ɛkt̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ar.kiˈtek.ta/, [ärkiˈt̪ɛkt̪ä]

Noun

architecta f (genitive architectae, masculine architectus); first declension

1. a female architect

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	architecta	architectae
Genitive	architectae	architectārum
Dative	architectae	architectīs
Accusative	architectam	architectās
Ablative	architectā	architectīs
Vocative	architecta	architectae

Verb

architectā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of architectō

References

• “architecta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• architecta in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)