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Latin

Noun edit

competitrix (plural competrices)

  1. (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 edit

Etymology edit

From competō +‎ -trīx.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

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

  1. competitor (female)

Declension edit

Third-declension noun.

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

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References edit

  • 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