fornicatrix
English
Etymology
From Latin fornicātrīx.
Noun
fornicatrix (plural fornicatrices)
- A female fornicator.
- 1926, Ford Madox Ford, A Man Could Stand Up—, Penguin 2012 (Parade's End), p. 524:
- She would be a what was it…a fornicatress?…trix! Fornicatrix is preferable! Very preferable.
- 1926, Ford Madox Ford, A Man Could Stand Up—, Penguin 2012 (Parade's End), p. 524:
Synonyms
- fornicatress
Latin
Etymology
From fornicor + -trīx.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /for.niˈkaː.triːks/, [fɔrnɪˈkäːt̪riːks̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /for.niˈka.triks/, [forniˈkäːt̪riks]
Noun
fornicātrīx f (genitive fornicātrīcis, masculine fornicātor); third declension
- fornicator (female), whore
- prostitute
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | fornicātrīx | fornicātrīcēs |
| Genitive | fornicātrīcis | fornicātrīcum |
| Dative | fornicātrīcī | fornicātrīcibus |
| Accusative | fornicātrīcem | fornicātrīcēs |
| Ablative | fornicātrīce | fornicātrīcibus |
| Vocative | fornicātrīx | fornicātrīcēs |
Synonyms
- fornicāria
Related terms
- fornicārius
- fornicātiō
- fornicātor
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