oratrix

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

ōrātrix, īcis, f. [orator].

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 ῥητορική, rhetoric , oratory , Quint. 2, 14, 1.

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