actrix

== English == === Etymology === From Latin āctrīx (“female plaintiff”). By surface analysis, actor +‎ -trix. Doublet of actrice. === Pronunciation === === Noun === actrix (plural not attested) (rare, chiefly law) A female plaintiff. ==== Related terms ==== actress == Latin == === Etymology === From agō, āctum (“to do, to act”, verb) +‎ -trīx f (“-ess”, agentive suffix). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈaːk.triːks] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈak.triks] === Noun === āctrīx f (genitive āctrīcis, masculine āctor); third declension doer (female) actress, actor (female) (person who performs in a theatrical play or movie) plaintiff (female) stewardess, steward (female) ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Related terms ==== āctīvus āctor ==== Descendants ==== Asturian: actriz → Catalan: actriu → English: actrix Galician: actriz Italian: attrice → Middle French: actrice French: actrice→ Bulgarian: актри́са (aktrísa)→ Dutch: actrice→ English: actrice→ Norman: actrice→ Ottoman Turkish: آقتریس (aktris)Turkish: aktris→ Russian: актри́са (aktrísa)→ Azerbaijani: aktrisa→ Uzbek: aktrisa→ Yiddish: אַקטריסע (aktrise)→ Swedish: aktris→ Ukrainian: актри́са (aktrýsa) Portuguese: atriz → Spanish: actriz === 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.