mediatrix

English

Etymology

From Late Latin mediātrīx, feminine of mediātor.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmiːdɪətɹɪks/

Noun

mediatrix (plural mediatrices or mediatrixes)

  1. A female mediator.
    Synonym: brokeress
    • 1782, Frances Burney, Cecilia, I.i.11:
      He promised, however, to speak to Mr. Harrel upon the subject, but the promise was evidently given to oblige the fair mediatrix, without any hope of advantage to the cause.
  2. (geometry) The line that is perpendicular to a line segment and intersects the line segment at its midpoint.
    • 2000, Jean H. Gallier, Curves and surfaces in geometric modeling, page 105:
      [] the intersection of the normal at M to the parabola with the mediatrix of the line []

Synonyms

Latin

Etymology

Post-classical Latin mediātor.

Pronunciation

Noun

mediātrīx f (genitive mediātrīcis, masculine mediātor); third declension

  1. (Late Latin) mediator, intermediary, go-between (female)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative mediātrīx mediātrīcēs
Genitive mediātrīcis mediātrīcum
Dative mediātrīcī mediātrīcibus
Accusative mediātrīcem mediātrīcēs
Ablative mediātrīce mediātrīcibus
Vocative mediātrīx mediātrīcēs

References

  • mediatrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • mediatrix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
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