actrix

English

Etymology

From Latin āctrīx (“female plaintiff”). By surface analysis, actor +‎ -trix. Doublet of actrice.

Pronunciation

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Noun

actrix (plural not attested) (rare, chiefly law)

  1. A female plaintiff.
    • 1918, Documents Relating to the Colonial, Revolutionary and Post-revolutionary History of the State of New Jersey, volume 30, page 469:
      Wife Elizabeth, whole estate, including gold, silver, jewels, etc., and to be executrix and “universal actrix,” to bring up the children until they will be fit for trades.
    • 1935, John Joseph Manning, Presumptions of Law in Marriage Cases, page 75:
      Thirdly, the actrix in her own testimony did not so much allege ignorance but rather showed that she abhorred the notion of sexual relations and had a positive will opposed to its fulfillment.
    • 2000, Frederik Pedersen, Marriage disputes in medieval England, →ISBN, page 22:
      Compare Marrays c. Rowcliff where the annotator has written the age of the actrix in the margin every time a witness answered the question about her age, […]

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-
Proto-Indo-European *-eti
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti
Proto-Italic *agō
Latin agō, āctum
Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr
Proto-Indo-European *-is
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂
Proto-Indo-European *-trih₂
Proto-Italic *-trīks
Latin -trīx f
Latin āctrīx

    From agō, āctum (“to do, to act”, verb) + -trīx f (“-ess”, agentive suffix).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    āctrīx f (genitive āctrīcis, masculine āctor); third declension

    1. doer (female)
    2. actress, actor (female) (person who performs in a theatrical play or movie)
    3. plaintiff (female)
    4. stewardess, steward (female)

    Declension

    Third-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative āctrīx āctrīcēs
    genitive āctrīcis āctrīcum
    dative āctrīcī āctrīcibus
    accusative āctrīcem āctrīcēs
    ablative āctrīce āctrīcibus
    vocative āctrīx āctrīcēs

    Descendants

    References

    • “actrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • "actrix", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
    • “actrix”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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