interfectrix
Appearance
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From interficiō + -trīx.
Noun
[edit]interfectrīx f (genitive interfectrīcis, masculine interfector); third declension
- murderess, murderer (female)
- 4th century, St Jerome, Vulgate, Tobit 3:9
- ergo cum pro culpa sua increparet puellam respondit ei dicens amplius ex te non videamus filium aut filiam super terram interfectrix virorum tuorum
- So when she reproved the maid for her fault, she answered her, saying: May we never see son, or daughter of thee upon the earth, thou murderer of thy husbands.
- 4th century, St Jerome, Vulgate, Tobit 3:9
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun.
singular | plural | |
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nominative | interfectrīx | interfectrīcēs |
genitive | interfectrīcis | interfectrīcum |
dative | interfectrīcī | interfectrīcibus |
accusative | interfectrīcem | interfectrīcēs |
ablative | interfectrīce | interfectrīcibus |
vocative | interfectrīx | interfectrīcēs |
References
[edit]- “interfectrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “interfectrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- interfectrix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.