testatrix
English
editEtymology
editFrom Late Latin testātrīx, feminine of Latin testātor (“one who makes a will”); see testator.
Pronunciation
editNoun
edittestatrix (plural testatrices or testatrixes)
Related terms
editReferences
edit- ^ The Concise Oxford English Dictionary [Eleventh Edition]
- “testatrix”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “testatrix”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Latin
editEtymology
edittestor (“I am witness, testify, attest; I make a will”) + -ātrīx
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /tesˈtaː.triːks/, [t̪ɛs̠ˈt̪äːt̪riːks̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /tesˈta.triks/, [t̪esˈt̪äːt̪riks]
Noun
edittestātrīx f (genitive testātrīcis, masculine testātor); third declension
Declension
editThird-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | testātrīx | testātrīcēs |
Genitive | testātrīcis | testātrīcum |
Dative | testātrīcī | testātrīcibus |
Accusative | testātrīcem | testātrīcēs |
Ablative | testātrīce | testātrīcibus |
Vocative | testātrīx | testātrīcēs |
References
edit- “testatrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- testatrix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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