[2237] rēctrīx, trīcis, f. (Femin. zu rector), die Lenkerin, Leiterin, Italia, rectrix parensque mundi altera, Plin. 37, 201: artes ministrae sunt; sapientia domina rectrixque est, Sen. ep. 85, 32: videmus hominibus inspiratam velut aurigam rectricemque membrorum animam, Colum. 3, 10, 9.