gubernatrix

== English == === Etymology === From Latin gubernātrīx. === Noun === gubernatrix (rare) A female governor. ==== Synonyms ==== governess governoress === References === “gubernatrix, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. == Latin == === Etymology === From gubernō, gubernātum (“to pilot, govern”, verb) +‎ -trīx f (“-ess”, agentive suffix). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɡʊ.bɛrˈnaː.triːks] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ɡu.berˈnaː.triks] === Noun === gubernātrīx f (genitive gubernātrīcis, masculine gubernātor); third declension female equivalent of gubernātor ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== Italian: governatrice === References === “gubernatrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “gubernatrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “gubernatrix”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.