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ornatrix

ornatrix, a female adorner, tirewoman, maid

ornātrix, īcis, f. [ornator],
  • a female adorner, a tire-woman, a slave who dressed her mistress's hair (poet. and post-Aug.; esp. freq. in inscrr.), Ov. A. A. 3, 239; id. Am. 1, 14, 16: matris meae, Suet. Claud. 40; Inscr. Orell. 2878; 2933; 4443; Schol. Juv. 6, 477.

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