indagatrix
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin indāgātrīx, feminine form of indāgātor (“investigator”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪndəˈɡeɪtɹɪks/
Noun edit
indagatrix (plural indagatrices)
- (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 edit
References edit
- The Oxford English Dictionary (2007).
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Etymology edit
indagō (“to trace, explore”) + -trīx
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /in.daːˈɡaː.triːks/, [ɪn̪d̪äːˈɡäːt̪riːks̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /in.daˈɡa.triks/, [in̪d̪äˈɡäːt̪riks]
Noun edit
indāgātrīx f (genitive indāgātrīcis); third declension
- female equivalent of indāgātor (“investigator, researcher”)
Declension edit
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 edit
- “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