testatrix

English

Etymology

From Late Latin testātrīx, feminine of Latin testātor (one who makes a will); see testator.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɛsˈteɪtɹɪks/
  • Rhymes: -eɪtrɪks

Noun

testatrix (plural testatrices or testatrixes)

  1. (law) A female testator.[1]

References

  1. The Concise Oxford English Dictionary [Eleventh Edition]
  • testatrix in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • testatrix in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Latin

Etymology

testor (I am witness, testify, attest; I make a will) + -ātrīx

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /tesˈtaː.triːks/, [tɛsˈtaː.triːks]

Noun

testātrīx f (genitive testātrīcis); third declension

  1. a female testator; testatrix

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative testātrīx testātrīcēs
genitive testātrīcis testātrīcum
dative testātrīcī testātrīcibus
accusative testātrīcem testātrīcēs
ablative testātrīce testātrīcibus
vocative testātrīx testātrīcēs

References

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