dictatrix Latin · revision 9791

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [dɪkˈtaː.triːks]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [dikˈtaː.triks]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''dictātrīx''' ''f'' (genitive dictātrīcis, masculine dictātor); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|dictō|-trīx|t1=to dictate, prescribe]], a feminine of [[dictātor]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) ⟨dictō⟩ is a frequentative of [[m|la|dīcō|t=to say]], which de Vaan traces to [[itc-pro|*deik-e/o-|t=to say]], from [[ine-pro|*deyḱ-e/o-]].^(Etymonline)^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Its earliest source is Plautus' ''Persa'', where it is a comic feminine of ''dictātor''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In Plautus it was a jocular “dictatress”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) British Medieval Latin used it figuratively for a directress.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # ''(comic)'' A dictatress.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A directress.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[dictātor]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}