contemptrix

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /konˈtemp.triːks/, [kɔn̪ˈt̪ɛmpt̪riːks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /konˈtemp.triks/, [kon̪ˈt̪ɛmpt̪riks]

Noun

contemptrīx f (genitive contemptrīcis, masculine contemptor); third declension

1. despiser, contemner (female)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	contemptrīx	contemptrīcēs
genitive	contemptrīcis	contemptrīcum
dative	contemptrīcī	contemptrīcibus
accusative	contemptrīcem	contemptrīcēs
ablative	contemptrīce	contemptrīcibus
vocative	contemptrīx	contemptrīcēs

References

• “contemptrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “contemptrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• contemptrix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.