disceptatrix

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

disceptātrix, īcis, f. [disceptator],

a female umpire, arbitrator, judge (very rare): dialectica veri et falsi quasi disceptatrix et judex, * Cic. Ac. 2 ( Luc. ), 28, 91; Lampr. Commod. 5.

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