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oratrix

oratrix, she that prays, a female suppliant

ōrātrix, īcis, f. [orator].
  • She that prays or beseeches, a female suppliant (rare but class.): me oratricem haud sprevisti, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 80 (1070): pacis et foederis, * Cic. Rep. 2, 8, 14.—
  • II A transl. of ῥητορική, rhetoric, oratory, Quint. 2, 14, 1.

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