devoratrix
Latin
Etymology
From dēvorō, dēvorātum (“to swallow”, verb) + -trīx f (“-ess”, agentive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [deː.wɔˈraː.triːks]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [d̪e.voˈraː.t̪riks]
Noun
dēvorātrīx f (genitive dēvorātrīcis); third declension
- devourer (female)
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | dēvorātrīx | dēvorātrīcēs |
| genitive | dēvorātrīcis | dēvorātrīcum |
| dative | dēvorātrīcī | dēvorātrīcibus |
| accusative | dēvorātrīcem | dēvorātrīcēs |
| ablative | dēvorātrīce | dēvorātrīcibus |
| vocative | dēvorātrīx | dēvorātrīcēs |
References
- “devoratrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- devoratrix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.