captrix

Latin

Etymology

From capiō, captum (“to take, capture, seize”, verb) +‎ -trīx f (“-ess”, agentive suffix).

Pronunciation

Noun

captrīx f (genitive captrīcis, masculine captor); third declension

  1. who catches or captures
  2. captor (female)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative captrix captricēs
genitive captricis captricum
dative captricī captricibus
accusative captricem captricēs
ablative captrice captricibus
vocative captrix captricēs

References

  • “captrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • captrix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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