contemplatrix

Latin

Etymology

From contemplātor (“observer, surveyor”) +‎ -trīx (“-ess”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kon.temˈplaː.triːks/, [kɔn̪t̪ɛmˈpɫ̪äːt̪riːks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kon.temˈpla.triks/, [kon̪t̪emˈpläːt̪riks]

Noun

contemplātrīx f (genitive contemplātrīcis, masculine contemplātor); third declension

1. (rare) observer (female), contemplator (female)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	contemplātrīx	contemplātrīcēs
genitive	contemplātrīcis	contemplātrīcum
dative	contemplātrīcī	contemplātrīcibus
accusative	contemplātrīcem	contemplātrīcēs
ablative	contemplātrīce	contemplātrīcibus
vocative	contemplātrīx	contemplātrīcēs

References

• “contemplatrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• contemplatrix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.