adulatrix
Latin
Etymology
From adūlor, adūlātum (“to fawn upon, flatter”, verb) + -trīx f (“-ess”, agentive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [a.duːˈɫaː.triːks]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [a.d̪uˈlaː.t̪riks]
Noun
adūlātrīx f (genitive adūlātrīcis); third declension
- flatterer (female)
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | adūlātrīx | adūlātrīcēs |
| genitive | adūlātrīcis | adūlātrīcum |
| dative | adūlātrīcī | adūlātrīcibus |
| accusative | adūlātrīcem | adūlātrīcēs |
| ablative | adūlātrīce | adūlātrīcibus |
| vocative | adūlātrīx | adūlātrīcēs |
Related terms
References
- “adulatrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- adulatrix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.