peccatrix
Latin
Etymology
From peccō, peccātum (“to sin”, verb) + -trīx f (“-ess”, agentive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [pɛkˈkaː.triːks]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [pekˈkaː.t̪riks]
Noun
peccātrīx f (genitive peccātrīcis); third declension (post-Classical)
- sinner (female)
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | peccātrīx | peccātrīcēs |
| genitive | peccātrīcis | peccātrīcum |
| dative | peccātrīcī | peccātrīcibus |
| accusative | peccātrīcem | peccātrīcēs |
| ablative | peccātrīce | peccātrīcibus |
| vocative | peccātrīx | peccātrīcēs |
Adjective
peccātrīx (genitive peccātrīcis); third-declension one-termination adjective (post-Classical)
- sinning, sinful
- c. 420 CE, Jerome, Commentaria in Isaiam 4:
- Propter luxuriam, et voluptates, et lucra de populis inter se habent discordiam, ut de una haeresi duae fiant, et rursum ipsae dividantur in partes, ut proprios abducant greges et devorent domos viduarum, et mulierum peccatricum, semper discentium, et numquam ad scientiam veritatis pervenientium.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- Propter luxuriam, et voluptates, et lucra de populis inter se habent discordiam, ut de una haeresi duae fiant, et rursum ipsae dividantur in partes, ut proprios abducant greges et devorent domos viduarum, et mulierum peccatricum, semper discentium, et numquam ad scientiam veritatis pervenientium.
- c. 420 CE, Jerome, Commentaria in Zachariam:
- Nostrorum autem plerique referunt ad coelestem Jerusalem, et hanc dicunt iterum exstruendam, quae ruina animarum peccatricum fuerat destituta.
- But most among us refer to heavenly Jerusalem, and say this is to be built anew, which by the downfall of sinful souls had been forsaken.
- Nostrorum autem plerique referunt ad coelestem Jerusalem, et hanc dicunt iterum exstruendam, quae ruina animarum peccatricum fuerat destituta.
- 1526, Martin Luther, In Oseam prophetam annotationes a Martino Lvthero Wittembergae praelectae, page 18:
- Nõ solum erigit altaria peccatricia
- Not only does he erect sinful altars
Usage notes
Defective adjective; not used with masculine nouns (which take peccātor instead), but it may be used with plural neuter nouns. Declined like victrīx.
Declension
Third-declension one-termination adjective (feminine-only in the singular, feminine- and neuter-only in the plural).
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | — | peccātrīx | — | — | peccātrīcēs | peccātrīcia | |
| genitive | — | peccātrīcis | — | — | peccātrīcium peccātrīcum | ||
| dative | — | peccātrīcī | — | — | peccātrīcibus | ||
| accusative | — | peccātrīcem | — | — | peccātrīcēs | peccātrīcia | |
| ablative | — | peccātrīce peccātrīcī |
— | — | peccātrīcibus | ||
| vocative | — | peccātrīx | — | — | peccātrīcēs | peccātrīcia | |
References
- “peccatrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- peccatrix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.