doctorissa

Latin

Etymology

From doctor +‎ -issa.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /dok.toˈris.sa/, [d̪ɔkt̪ɔˈrɪs̠ːä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /dok.toˈris.sa/, [d̪okt̪oˈrisːä]

Noun

doctorissa f (genitive doctorissae, masculine doctor); first declension

1. (post-classical) female teacher, instructor, trainer
   • 1597, Consiliorum Sive Responsorum D. Martini Uranii, page 150:

     Primo, ſi contingat dictum Michaelem decedere præfata domina doctoriſſa & illius ſorore, ac dictis octo filiis & filiabus conſobrinis catum ſuperſtitibus, ſit inter ſuperſtites huiuſmodi de iure locus ſucceſſioni in ſtirpes: an vero duntaxat in capita.

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   • 1705, Dissertatio Inauguralis De Donatione Propter Nuptias Ab Erroribus Doctorum Vindicata, page 16:

      […]; quæ allegata conſtitutio non facile negligenda, utrum autem illa applicationem recipiant, in hodiernis titulatis Doctoribus, qui hunc honoris titulum quomodocunque compararunt, ut uxorem divitem invenire posſint, quæ inferioris conditionis aut plebeja nata, bona ſua largitur ut doctoriſſa audiat; […]

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   • a. 1721, Pamiętniki Krzysztofa Zawiszy, Wojewody Mińskiego. (1666 — 1721). Wydane z oryginalnego rękopismu i opatrzone przypiskami przez Juliana Bartoszewicza, published 1862, page 84:

     (²) Corneliae, Philosophiae et Medicinae Doctorissae.

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Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	doctorissa	doctorissae
Genitive	doctorissae	doctorissārum
Dative	doctorissae	doctorissīs
Accusative	doctorissam	doctorissās
Ablative	doctorissā	doctorissīs
Vocative	doctorissa	doctorissae

Synonyms

• doctrīx