oratrix

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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.