calumniatrix

Latin

Alternative forms

• kalumniātrīx

Etymology

From calumnior +‎ -trīx.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ka.lum.niˈaː.triːks/, [käɫ̪ʊmniˈäːt̪riːks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ka.lum.niˈa.triks/, [kälumniˈäːt̪riks]

Noun

calumniātrīx f (genitive calumniātrīcis, masculine calumniātor); third declension

1. one who makes false accusations (female), slanderer
2. pettifogger; chicaner (female)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	calumniātrīx	calumniātrīcēs
genitive	calumniātrīcis	calumniātrīcum
dative	calumniātrīcī	calumniātrīcibus
accusative	calumniātrīcem	calumniātrīcēs
ablative	calumniātrīce	calumniātrīcibus
vocative	calumniātrīx	calumniātrīcēs

Related terms

• calumniator

References

• “calumniatrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• calumniatrix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.