rectrixn.

Brit.

/ˈrɛktrɪks/, U.S.

/ˈrɛkˌtrɪks/

Inflections: Plural rectrices Brit.

/ˈrɛktrᵻsiːz/,

/rɛkˈtrʌɪsiːz/, U.S.

/ˈrɛktrəˌsiz/,

/rɛkˈtraɪsiz/.

Forms: late Middle English– rectrix, 1800s– retrix (irregular).

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

Etymology: < classical Latin rectrīx female ruler or controller, in post-classical Latin also abbess (7th cent.), female rector of a parish (1291, 1342 in British sources), (queen) regent (1513 in a British source), type of feather (1637) < rect- , past participial stem of regere to rule, govern (see regent adj.) + -trīx -trix suffix. Compare Middle French rectrice female ruler, governor, or controller (16th cent.). Compare directrix n.

†1. Probably: a nun who leads or directs a choir. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

?c1450 in G. J. Aungier Hist. & Antiq. Syon Monastery (1840) 334 (MED) The chauntres withe one of her felawes..schal kepe the myddes of the quyer..occupyeng the office of the rectrices, or two begynners, begynnynge alle thynge towarde the este.

2. A female ruler, governor, or head of an institution; = rectress n. 1. Cf. Queen-Rectrix n. at queen n. Compounds 2.In quot. 1659: of the planet Venus personified.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > [noun] > female

dame?c1225

governoressc1430

ruleressc1450

governess1483

gubernatrice1522

moderatrice1531

governatrice1532

gubernatrix1541

dominatrix1561

governantec1570

moderatrix1577

rectrix1588

rectress1599

moderatress1601

1588 J. Aske Elizabetha Triumphans 2 Wonders passing strange, Which have bin done next under God of heauen, By rectrix of these famous Westerne parts.

1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. ix. 531/2 Lady Blanch, Queene Dowager, and Rectrix of France.

1659 tr. R. Fludd Mosaicall Philos. ii. ii. 196 Philosophers and Astronomers..have made this star [sc. Venus] the president and rectrix of the concupiscible faculty.

1716 Loyal Mourner for Best of Princes 65 Anna sate A pious Rectrix at the Helm of State.

1820 J. Lingard Hist. Eng. IV. i. 21 Before his departure [the king] appointed ‘his most dear consort queen Catharine, rectrix and governor of the realm’.

1855 Times 29 Oct. 6/1 (advt.) The Goddess ‘Nepthys’..called also..‘The Saviour Sister Goddess’, ‘The Barren’, ‘Rectrix of the Lower Regions’.

1941 San Antonio (Texas) Light 15 Dec. b2/7 Newly organized at Our Lady of the Lake college is the Philosophy club..with Mary Jane Black of Eagle Pass as rectrix or president.

1996 J. K. McNamara Sisters in Arms (1998) iii. xiii. 375 Except for the rectrix and her chosen chaplain they were to be strictly cloistered, and any nun who tried to go out was to be imprisoned.

3. Ornithology. Usually in plural. Each of the row of large, strong feathers (typically six pairs) which form the principal part of the tail in most birds and are typically used in flight for steering and braking. Cf. remex n. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [noun] > tail > feather(s) of > used for steering

quill feather1678

rectrix1813

rudder1884

steerer1895

1768 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (new ed.) I. *111 (caption) 14. The tail. Rectrices.]

1813 J. M. Good et al. Pantologia at Psittacus The rectrices, or tail feathers.

1823 Mem. Wernerian Nat. Hist. Soc. 4 ii. 430 One of them..had already renewed several of its tail-feathers, which were readily to be distinguished from the old rectrices.

1893 A. Newton et al. Dict. Birds: Pt. 1 247 Those papillæ which give rise to the larger feathers, such as the rectrices.

1939 T. L. Green Pract. Animal Biol. i. 188 Retrices or tail quills in which the two sides of the vane are equal in size, or nearly so.

1962 G. de Beer Embryos & Ancestors (ed. 3) vii. 53 The rudiment of the tail is relatively elongated with a row of rectrix-rudiments along each side.

2004 Auk 121 1032/1 Both sexes have small but more conspicuous spots at the tips of the outer two rectrices.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rectrix
释义	rectrixn. Brit. /ˈrɛktrɪks/, U.S. /ˈrɛkˌtrɪks/ Inflections: Plural rectrices Brit. /ˈrɛktrᵻsiːz/, /rɛkˈtrʌɪsiːz/, U.S. /ˈrɛktrəˌsiz/, /rɛkˈtraɪsiz/. Forms: late Middle English– rectrix, 1800s– retrix (irregular). Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin rectrīx. Etymology: < classical Latin rectrīx female ruler or controller, in post-classical Latin also abbess (7th cent.), female rector of a parish (1291, 1342 in British sources), (queen) regent (1513 in a British source), type of feather (1637) < rect- , past participial stem of regere to rule, govern (see regent adj.) + -trīx -trix suffix. Compare Middle French rectrice female ruler, governor, or controller (16th cent.). Compare directrix n. †1. Probably: a nun who leads or directs a choir. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ ?c1450 in G. J. Aungier Hist. & Antiq. Syon Monastery (1840) 334 (MED) The chauntres withe one of her felawes..schal kepe the myddes of the quyer..occupyeng the office of the rectrices, or two begynners, begynnynge alle thynge towarde the este. 2. A female ruler, governor, or head of an institution; = rectress n. 1. Cf. Queen-Rectrix n. at queen n. Compounds 2.In quot. 1659: of the planet Venus personified. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > [noun] > female dame?c1225 governoressc1430 ruleressc1450 governess1483 gubernatrice1522 moderatrice1531 governatrice1532 gubernatrix1541 dominatrix1561 governantec1570 moderatrix1577 rectrix1588 rectress1599 moderatress1601 1588 J. Aske Elizabetha Triumphans 2 Wonders passing strange, Which have bin done next under God of heauen, By rectrix of these famous Westerne parts. 1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. ix. 531/2 Lady Blanch, Queene Dowager, and Rectrix of France. 1659 tr. R. Fludd Mosaicall Philos. ii. ii. 196 Philosophers and Astronomers..have made this star [sc. Venus] the president and rectrix of the concupiscible faculty. 1716 Loyal Mourner for Best of Princes 65 Anna sate A pious Rectrix at the Helm of State. 1820 J. Lingard Hist. Eng. IV. i. 21 Before his departure [the king] appointed ‘his most dear consort queen Catharine, rectrix and governor of the realm’. 1855 Times 29 Oct. 6/1 (advt.) The Goddess ‘Nepthys’..called also..‘The Saviour Sister Goddess’, ‘The Barren’, ‘Rectrix of the Lower Regions’. 1941 San Antonio (Texas) Light 15 Dec. b2/7 Newly organized at Our Lady of the Lake college is the Philosophy club..with Mary Jane Black of Eagle Pass as rectrix or president. 1996 J. K. McNamara Sisters in Arms (1998) iii. xiii. 375 Except for the rectrix and her chosen chaplain they were to be strictly cloistered, and any nun who tried to go out was to be imprisoned. 3. Ornithology. Usually in plural. Each of the row of large, strong feathers (typically six pairs) which form the principal part of the tail in most birds and are typically used in flight for steering and braking. Cf. remex n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [noun] > tail > feather(s) of > used for steering quill feather1678 rectrix1813 rudder1884 steerer1895 1768 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (new ed.) I. 111 (caption) 14. The tail. Rectrices.] 1813 J. M. Good et al. Pantologia* at Psittacus The rectrices, or tail feathers. 1823 Mem. Wernerian Nat. Hist. Soc. 4 ii. 430 One of them..had already renewed several of its tail-feathers, which were readily to be distinguished from the old rectrices. 1893 A. Newton et al. Dict. Birds: Pt. 1 247 Those papillæ which give rise to the larger feathers, such as the rectrices. 1939 T. L. Green Pract. Animal Biol. i. 188 Retrices or tail quills in which the two sides of the vane are equal in size, or nearly so. 1962 G. de Beer Embryos & Ancestors (ed. 3) vii. 53 The rudiment of the tail is relatively elongated with a row of rectrix-rudiments along each side. 2004 Auk 121 1032/1 Both sexes have small but more conspicuous spots at the tips of the outer two rectrices. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?c1450
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