indagatrix

English

Etymology

From Latin indāgātrīx, feminine form of indāgātor (“investigator”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪndəˈɡeɪtɹɪks/

Noun

indagatrix (plural indagatrices)

1. (obsolete, rare) A female investigator; a searcheress.
   • 1653, Richard Sanders, Physiognomie and chiromancie, metoposcopie, the symmetrical proportions and signal moles of the body, fully and accurately handled, page 269:

     The soul, the indigatrix of all things.

Related terms

• -trix
• indagate
• indagation
• indagative
• indagator
• indagatory

References

• The Oxford English Dictionary (2007).

Anagrams

• x-radiating

Latin

Etymology

indagō (“to trace, explore”) +‎ -trīx

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /in.daːˈɡaː.triːks/, [ɪn̪d̪äːˈɡäːt̪riːks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /in.daˈɡa.triks/, [in̪d̪äˈɡäːt̪riks]

Noun

indāgātrīx f (genitive indāgātrīcis); third declension

1. female equivalent of indāgātor (“investigator, researcher”)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	indāgātrīx	indāgātrīcēs
Genitive	indāgātrīcis	indāgātrīcum
Dative	indāgātrīcī	indāgātrīcibus
Accusative	indāgātrīcem	indāgātrīcēs
Ablative	indāgātrīce	indāgātrīcibus
Vocative	indāgātrīx	indāgātrīcēs

References

• “indagatrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “indagatrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers