oratrix
καὶ κεραμεὺς κεραμεῖ κοτέει καὶ τέκτονι τέκτων, καὶ πτωχὸς πτωχῷ φθονέει καὶ ἀοιδὸς ἀοιδῷ → and potter is ill-disposed to potter, and carpenter to carpenter, and the beggar is envious of the beggar, the singer of the singer
Latin > English
oratrix oratricis N F :: female supplicant
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ōrātrix: īcis, f. id..
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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
ōrātrīx, īcis, f. (orator), celle qui prie, qui intercède : Pl. Mil. 1072 ; pacis Cic. Rep. 2, 8, celle qui demande la paix || c. oratoria : Quint. 2, 14, 1.
Latin > German (Georges)
ōrātrīx, trīcis, f. (Femin. zu orator), I) die Redende, Rednerin, als Übersetzung des griech. rhetorice, die Redekunst, Quint. 2, 14, 1. – II) die Bitterin, Erbitterin, Plaut. mil. 1072: quae virgines postea fuerant oratrices pacis et foederis, durch ihre Fürsprache Fr. u. B. bewirkt hatten, Cic. de rep. 2, 14.
