proditrix
Latin
Etymology
From prōdō, prōditum (“to exhibit, reveal”, verb) + -trīx f (“-ess”, agentive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈproː.dɪ.triːks]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈprɔː.d̪i.t̪riks]
Noun
prōditrīx f (genitive prōditrīcis, masculine prōditor); third declension
- traitoress, female traitor, female betrayer
- Servius, Commentary on the Aeneid of Vergil, A.8223.
- Turbatumque oculis ea parte turbatum, quae proditrix mentis est
- Troubled by the eyes and by this part, which is the traitoress of the mind.
- Servius, Commentary on the Aeneid of Vergil, A.8223.
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | prōditrīx | prōditrīcēs |
| genitive | prōditrīcis | prōditrīcum |
| dative | prōditrīcī | prōditrīcibus |
| accusative | prōditrīcem | prōditrīcēs |
| ablative | prōditrīce | prōditrīcibus |
| vocative | prōditrīx | prōditrīcēs |
References
- “proditrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press