apostatrix
Latin
Etymology
From apostata (“apostate”) + -trīx f (“-ess”, agentive suffix) or from apostatō, apostatātum (“to apostatize”, verb) + -trīx f (“-ess”, agentive suffix), with haplology simplifying -tatā- to -tā-.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [a.pɔsˈtaː.triːks]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [a.posˈt̪aː.t̪riks]
Noun
apostātrīx f (genitive apostātrīcis); third declension
- (Late Latin) apostate (female)
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | apostātrīx | apostātrīcēs |
| genitive | apostātrīcis | apostātrīcum |
| dative | apostātrīcī | apostātrīcibus |
| accusative | apostātrīcem | apostātrīcēs |
| ablative | apostātrīce | apostātrīcibus |
| vocative | apostātrīx | apostātrīcēs |
References
- “apostatrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- apostatrix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.