imperatrixn.

Brit.

/ɪmpəˈrɑːtrɪks/,

/ɪmpəˈreɪtrɪks/, U.S.

/ˌɪmpəˈrɑtrɪks/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin imperātrīx.

Etymology: < classical Latin imperātrīx, feminine form corresponding to imperātor imperator n. < imperāt- , past participial stem of imperāre imperate v. + -trīx -trix suffix. Compare earlier empress n., imperatrice n.

Now archaic.

= empress n.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > sovereign ruler or monarch > emperor > [noun] > empress

empress?a1160

empressa1387

imperatricec1450

imperatrix1610

1610 tr. Gaultier's Rodomontados sig. D Ladie, you may (by good right) forsake the Name of Madame Beatrix, and entitle your self hence forward, Imperatrix or Empresse, Queen, Princesse, Marquesse, Countesse, Dame, and Damosil.

1652 tr. Choice Novels & Amarous Tales iii. 48 Arriving just at the Emperatrix's coming, she made so pompous a shew of her own beauty.

1655 Perfect Diurnall No. 268 4117 Vienna. The Imperatrix is well delivered of a female child.

1813 T. Busby in tr. Lucretius Nature of Things II. iv. Comm. xxxiii The soul is her own imperatrix.

1862 F. C. L. Wraxall & R. Wehrhan Mem. Queen Hortense iii. 33 The flowing purple robes, embroidered with gold,..imparted to the beautiful republican the imposing appearance of an Imperatrix.

1941 E. O. Lorimer tr. J. Carcopino Daily Life in Anc. Rome iv. v. 100 Then, the woman was strictly subjected to the authority of her lord and master; now, she is his equal, his rival, if not his imperatrix.

2010 Yukon News (Nexis) 28 July (Insight section) 7 Britannia was often pictured as a trident-bearing imperatrix with a pet lion, surrounded by shapely young shieldmaidens.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	imperatrix
释义	imperatrixn. Brit. /ɪmpəˈrɑːtrɪks/, /ɪmpəˈreɪtrɪks/, U.S. /ˌɪmpəˈrɑtrɪks/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin imperātrīx. Etymology: < classical Latin imperātrīx, feminine form corresponding to imperātor imperator n. < imperāt- , past participial stem of imperāre imperate v. + -trīx -trix suffix. Compare earlier empress n., imperatrice n. Now archaic. = empress n. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > sovereign ruler or monarch > emperor > [noun] > empress empress?a1160 empressa1387 imperatricec1450 imperatrix1610 1610 tr. Gaultier's Rodomontados sig. D Ladie, you may (by good right) forsake the Name of Madame Beatrix, and entitle your self hence forward, Imperatrix or Empresse, Queen, Princesse, Marquesse, Countesse, Dame, and Damosil. 1652 tr. Choice Novels & Amarous Tales iii. 48 Arriving just at the Emperatrix's coming, she made so pompous a shew of her own beauty. 1655 Perfect Diurnall No. 268 4117 Vienna. The Imperatrix is well delivered of a female child. 1813 T. Busby in tr. Lucretius Nature of Things II. iv. Comm. xxxiii The soul is her own imperatrix. 1862 F. C. L. Wraxall & R. Wehrhan Mem. Queen Hortense iii. 33 The flowing purple robes, embroidered with gold,..imparted to the beautiful republican the imposing appearance of an Imperatrix. 1941 E. O. Lorimer tr. J. Carcopino Daily Life in Anc. Rome iv. v. 100 Then, the woman was strictly subjected to the authority of her lord and master; now, she is his equal, his rival, if not his imperatrix. 2010 Yukon News (Nexis) 28 July (Insight section) 7 Britannia was often pictured as a trident-bearing imperatrix with a pet lion, surrounded by shapely young shieldmaidens. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1610
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