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“mistress” in Latin
eramistress (of a house, with respect to the servants); a female ruler or governor; governeress, ruleress, leaderessdominusmaster, owner, possessor, proprietor; owner of a residence; master of his servants and slaves; lord, rulerconcubīnaconcubinepaelexconcubine of a married man, mistress; male prostituteamīcusfriendly, well-disposed, amicable; loyal, devoted to; supporting, propitious, helpful
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
mistress
The female head of a family, materfamilias (opposed to concubina): hera (opposed to the servants; also, hera major; opposed to hera minor, i. e., a daughter of the master of the house; Vid: Plaut., Truc., 4, 3, 22): domina (lady of the house, so called by the master, or by the servants, by way of respect).
A concubine, concubina; pellex (= quae uxorem habenti nubit): amica: to keep a mistress, feminam habere in concubinatu (Ulp.): to be a mistress, in concubinatu esse (Ulp.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for mistress?
- The usual Latin words for “mistress” are era, dominus, concubīna; also paelex, amīcus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.