usurpatrix

== English == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin ūsūrpātrīx. By surface analysis, usurper +‎ -trix. === Noun === usurpatrix A female usurper. Synonym: usurpress === References === “usurpatrix, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. == Latin == === Etymology === From ūsūrpō, ūsūrpātum (“to use; to seize”, verb) +‎ -trīx f (“-ess”, agentive suffix). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [uː.suːrˈpaː.triːks] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [u.s̬urˈpaː.triks] === Noun === ūsūrpātrīx f (genitive ūsūrpātrīcis, masculine ūsūrpātor); third declension a female usurper; usurpress ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== → English: usurpatrix → French: usurpatrice (learned) → Italian: usurpatrice (learned) === References === “usurpatrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “usurpatrix”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. usurpatrix in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016