rectrix

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

rectrix, īcis, f. [rector],

she that leads or guides; a directress , governess , mistress (post-Aug.): animam velut aurigam rectricemque membrorum, Col. 3, 10, 9: sapientia domina rectrixque est, Sen. Ep. 85, 32: Italia rectrix parensque mundi altera, Plin. 37, 13, 77, § 201.

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