accusatrix

English

Etymology

From Latin accūsātrīx (“accuser (female)”). See: -trix.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation)¹ IPA^(key): /əˈkjusətɹɪks/
• (Received Pronunciation)² IPA^(key): /ækjuˈzeɪtɹɪks/

Noun

accusatrix (plural accusatrices)

1. A female accusator.

   Synonym: accuseress

   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:accusatrix.

Latin

Etymology

From accūsō (“blame, accuse”) +‎ -trīx, from ad (“to, towards, at”) + causa (“cause, reason, account, lawsuit”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ak.kuːˈsaː.triːks/, [äkːuːˈs̠äːt̪riːks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ak.kuˈsa.triks/, [äkːuˈs̬äːt̪riks]

Noun

accūsātrīx f (genitive accūsātrīcis); third declension

1. a female accuser, accusatrix

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	accūsātrīx	accūsātrīcēs
genitive	accūsātrīcis	accūsātrīcum
dative	accūsātrīcī	accūsātrīcibus
accusative	accūsātrīcem	accūsātrīcēs
ablative	accūsātrīce	accūsātrīcibus
vocative	accūsātrīx	accūsātrīcēs

Related terms

• accūsābilis
• accūsātiō
• accūsātīvus
• accūsātor
• accūsātōriē
• accūsātōrius
• accūsitō
• accūsō

 

Descendants

• English: accusatrix
• Italian: accusatrice

References

• “accusatrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press