calumniatrix
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From calumnior, calumniātum (“to depreciate”, verb) + -trīx f (“-ess”, agentive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ka.ɫʊm.niˈaː.triːks]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ka.lum.niˈaː.t̪riks]
Noun
calumniātrīx f (genitive calumniātrīcis, masculine calumniātor); third declension
- one who makes false accusations (female), slanderer
- pettifogger; chicaner (female)
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | calumniātrīx | calumniātrīcēs |
| genitive | calumniātrīcis | calumniātrīcum |
| dative | calumniātrīcī | calumniātrīcibus |
| accusative | calumniātrīcem | calumniātrīcēs |
| ablative | calumniātrīce | calumniātrīcibus |
| vocative | calumniātrīx | calumniātrīcēs |
Related terms
References
- “calumniatrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- calumniatrix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.