captrix

Latin

Etymology

From the verb capiō (“I take, capture, seize”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkap.triːks/, [ˈkäpt̪riːks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkap.triks/, [ˈkäpt̪riks]

Noun

captrīx f (genitive captrīcis, masculine captor); third declension

1. who catches or captures
2. captor (female)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	captrix	captricēs
genitive	captricis	captricum
dative	captricī	captricibus
accusative	captricem	captricēs
ablative	captrice	captricibus
vocative	captrix	captricēs

Related terms

• capiō
• captōrium
• captōrius
• captūra
• captus

 

References

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