competitrix

English

Etymology

Latin

Noun

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

Etymology

From competō +‎ -trīx.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kom.peˈtiː.triːks/, [kɔmpɛˈt̪iːt̪riːks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kom.peˈti.triks/, [kompeˈt̪iːt̪riks]

Noun

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

1. 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

• compitum
• competēns
• competenter
• competentia
• competitio
• competitor

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.