English

Noun

oratrix ‎(plural oratrixes or oratrices)

1. (obsolete) A female plaintiff, or complainant, in equity pleading.

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Latin

Noun

orātrīx f ‎(genitive orātrīcis); third declension

1. A female orator), a female speaker

Inflection

Third declension.

Descendants

References

• oratrix in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• oratrix in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ORATRIX in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “oratrix”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.