I.she that leads or guides; a directress, governess, mistress (post-Aug.): “animam velut aurigam rectricemque membrorum,” Col. 3, 10, 9: “sapientia domina rectrixque est,” Sen. Ep. 85, 32: “Italia rectrix parensque mundi altera,” Plin. 37, 13, 77, § 201.
rectrix , īcis, f. rector,