tractatrix

== English == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin tractātrīx. By surface analysis, tractator +‎ -trix. === Noun === tractatrix (plural fautrices) (rare) A female shampooer. === References === “tractatrix, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. == Latin == === Etymology === From tractō, tractātum (“to tug”, verb) +‎ -trīx f (“-ess”, agentive suffix). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [trakˈtaː.triːks] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [trakˈtaː.triks] === Noun === tractātrīx f (genitive tractātrīcis, masculine tractātor); third declension (Classical Latin) masseuse (Classical Latin) manager (Late Latin) commentator, speaker (Late Latin) accountant (Medieval Latin) entrepreneur, person responsible for shipping and handling merchandise on behalf of an investor ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. === References === “tractatrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “tractatrix”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. tractatrix in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016