corruptrix

Latin

Etymology

corruptor (“seducer”) +‎ -trīx

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /korˈrup.triːks/, [kɔrˈrʊpt̪riːks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /korˈrup.triks/, [korˈrupt̪riks]

Noun

corruptrīx f (genitive corruptrīcis); third declension

1. a seductress (woman who seduces); female equivalent of corruptor

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	corruptrīx	corruptrīcēs
genitive	corruptrīcis	corruptrīcum
dative	corruptrīcī	corruptrīcibus
accusative	corruptrīcem	corruptrīcēs
ablative	corruptrīce	corruptrīcibus
vocative	corruptrīx	corruptrīcēs

References

• “corruptrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “corruptrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers