LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

doctorissa

doctorissa f (genitive doctorissae, masculine doctor)
Classical[dɔk.tɔˈrɪs.sa]Ecclesiastical[dok.toˈris.sa]

Meaning

  1. feminineobsoletefemale teacher, instructor, trainer
    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.1597, Consiliorum Sive Responsorum D. Martini Uranii, page 150:
    […]; 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; […]1705, Dissertatio Inauguralis De Donatione Propter Nuptias Ab Erroribus Doctorum Vindicata, page 16:

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativedoctorissadoctorissae
genitivedoctorissaedoctorissārum
dativedoctorissaedoctorissīs
accusativedoctorissamdoctorissās
ablativedoctorissādoctorissīs
vocativedoctorissadoctorissae

Origins

From doctor + -issa.

Quick answers

What does doctorissa mean in Latin?
doctorissa, a noun, means “female teacher, instructor, trainer”.
What is the genitive of doctorissa?
The genitive singular is doctorissae. doctorissa is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce doctorissa?
In classical Latin, [dɔk.tɔˈrɪs.sa]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [dok.toˈris.sa].