moderatrix

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin moderātrīx. By surface analysis, moderator +‎ -trix.

Noun

moderatrix (plural moderatrices or moderatrixes)

1. (dated or archaic) A female moderator.

Synonyms

• moderatress

References

• “moderatrix”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “moderatrix, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin *med-der.?

Latin *-osder.?

Latin moderor, moderātum

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 moderātrīx

From moderor, moderātum (“to set a measure or bounds to”, verb) + -trīx f (“-ess”, agentive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [mɔ.dɛˈraː.triːks]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [mo.deˈraː.triks]

Noun

moderātrīx f (genitive moderātrīcis, masculine moderātor); third declension

1. controller, manager, director (female); mistress (female master)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	moderātrīx	moderātrīcēs
genitive	moderātrīcis	moderātrīcum
dative	moderātrīcī	moderātrīcibus
accusative	moderātrīcem	moderātrīcēs
ablative	moderātrīce	moderātrīcibus
vocative	moderātrīx	moderātrīcēs

References

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