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oratrix

oratrix · f

She that prays

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Where it lives

Miles Gloriosus 1 · 0.79/10k
De Republica 1 · 0.46/10k
Institutio Oratoria 3 · 0.17/10k

What it meant

ōrātrix — Lewis & Short

ōrātrix, īcis, f.id..

I She that prays or beseeches, a female suppliant (rare but class.): me oratricem haud sprevisti, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 80: pacis et foederis, * Cic. Rep. 2, 8, 14.—

II A transl. of r(htorikh/, rhetoric, oratory, Quint. 2, 14, 1.

In the wild

óratricem Plautus, Miles Gloriosus 4.2
oratricem Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria 2.14.1
oratrix Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria 2.14.3
oratrix Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria 2.14.2
oratrices Cicero, De Republica 2.14

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission.

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