English

Noun

dictatrix ‎(plural dictatrices)

1. (archaic) A female dictator.

Latin

Etymology

From dictātor ‎(“chief magistrate”), from dictō ‎(“dictate, prescribe”), from dīcō ‎(“say, speak”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /dikˈtaː.triːks/

Noun

dictātrīx f ‎(genitive dictātrīcis); third declension

1. (humorous) woman in charge
   • c.205-184 BCE, Titus Maccius Plautus Persa, act v, scene 1

     Do hanc tibi florentem florenti: tu
     hic eris dictatrix nobis.

Inflection

Third declension.

Related terms

References

• dictatrix in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “dictatrix”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.