testatrix

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tɛsˈteɪtɹɪks/
  • Rhymes: -eɪtɹɪks

Noun

testatrix (plural testatrices or testatrixes)

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

References
  1. The Concise Oxford English Dictionary [Eleventh Edition]

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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