fornicatrix
English
Etymology
From Latin fornicātrīx. By surface analysis, fornicate + -trix.
Noun
fornicatrix (plural fornicatrices)
- A female fornicator.
- 1926, Ford Madox Ford, A Man Could Stand Up— (Parade's End), Penguin, published 2012, page 524:
- She would be a what was it…a fornicatress?…trix! Fornicatrix is preferable! Very preferable.
Synonyms
Latin
Etymology
From fornicor, fornicātum (“to fornicate”, verb) + -trīx f (“-ess”, agentive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [fɔr.nɪˈkaː.triːks]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [for.niˈkaː.t̪riks]
Noun
fornicātrīx f (genitive fornicātrīcis, masculine fornicātor); third declension
- fornicator (female), whore
- prostitute
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | fornicātrīx | fornicātrīcēs |
| genitive | fornicātrīcis | fornicātrīcum |
| dative | fornicātrīcī | fornicātrīcibus |
| accusative | fornicātrīcem | fornicātrīcēs |
| ablative | fornicātrīce | fornicātrīcibus |
| vocative | fornicātrīx | fornicātrīcēs |
Synonyms
Related terms
References
- “fornicatrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- "fornicatrix", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- fornicatrix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.