natatrice

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin natātrīcem, accusative of natātrīx, feminine of natātor, derived from natō (“I swim”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /na.taˈtri.t͡ʃe/, [n̺ät̪äˈt̪r̺iːt͡ʃe]
  • Stress: natatrìce
  • Hyphenation: na‧ta‧tri‧ce

Noun

natatrice f (plural natatrici)

  1. (obsolete, literary) feminine of natatore; (female) swimmer
    Synonym: nuotatrice
    • 1581, Torquato Tasso, Gerusalemme liberata [Jerusalem Delivered]‎, Erasmo Viotti, Canto XV, page 355:
      Moſſer le natatrici ignude, e belle ¶ De i duo guerrieri alquanto i duri petti
      The bare, beautiful swimmers rather moved the hard chests of the two warriors
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