praevaricatrix
Latin
Etymology
From praevāricor, praevāricātum (“to walk crookedly”, verb) + -trīx f (“-ess”, agentive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [prae̯.waː.rɪˈkaː.triːks]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [pre.va.riˈkaː.t̪riks]
Noun
praevāricātrīx f (genitive praevāricātrīcis, masculine praevāricātor); third declension
- sinner (female)
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | praevāricātrīx | praevāricātrīcēs |
| genitive | praevāricātrīcis | praevāricātrīcum |
| dative | praevāricātrīcī | praevāricātrīcibus |
| accusative | praevāricātrīcem | praevāricātrīcēs |
| ablative | praevāricātrīce | praevāricātrīcibus |
| vocative | praevāricātrīx | praevāricātrīcēs |
References
- “praevaricatrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- praevaricatrix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.