confectrix

Latin

Etymology

From perfect passive participle cōnfectus +‎ -trīx, from cōnficiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /konˈfek.triːks/, [kõːˈfɛkt̪riːks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /konˈfek.triks/, [koɱˈfɛkt̪riks]

Noun

cōnfectrīx f (genitive cōnfectrīcis, masculine cōnfector); third declension

1. one who destroys, a destroyer

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	cōnfectrīx	cōnfectrīcēs
genitive	cōnfectrīcis	cōnfectrīcum
dative	cōnfectrīcī	cōnfectrīcibus
accusative	cōnfectrīcem	cōnfectrīcēs
ablative	cōnfectrīce	cōnfectrīcibus
vocative	cōnfectrīx	cōnfectrīcēs

References

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