competitrix

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin competītrīx. By surface analysis, competitor +‎ -trix.

Noun

competitrix (plural competrices)

1. (rare) A female competitor.

   Synonym: competitress

   • Edward Herbert, The History of England Under Henry VIII, (Please provide the book title or journal name):

     Queen Anne being now without competitrix for her title, thought her self secure

References

• “competitrix, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Italic *kom-

Latin con-

Proto-Indo-European *peth₂-

Proto-Indo-European *péth₂eti

Latin petō

Latin competō, competītum

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 competītrīx

From competō, competītum (“to come together”, verb) + -trīx f (“-ess”, agentive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kɔm.pɛˈtiː.triːks]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [kom.peˈtiː.triks]

Noun

competītrīx f (genitive competītrīcis, masculine competītor); third declension

1. competitor (female)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	competītrīx	competītrīcēs
genitive	competītrīcis	competītrīcum
dative	competītrīcī	competītrīcibus
accusative	competītrīcem	competītrīcēs
ablative	competītrīce	competītrīcibus
vocative	competītrīx	competītrīcēs

Related terms

• competēns
• competenter
• competentia
• competitio
• competitor
• compitum

References

• “competitrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “competitrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “competitrix”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.