laceratrix

Latin

Etymology

From lacerō (“lacerate, tear”) +‎ -trīx.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /la.keˈraː.triːks/, [ɫ̪äkɛˈräːt̪riːks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /la.t͡ʃeˈra.triks/, [lät͡ʃeˈräːt̪riks]

Noun

lacerātrīx f (genitive lacerātrīcis); third declension

1. a (female) lacerater, mangler

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	lacerātrīx	lacerātrīcēs
genitive	lacerātrīcis	lacerātrīcum
dative	lacerātrīcī	lacerātrīcibus
accusative	lacerātrīcem	lacerātrīcēs
ablative	lacerātrīce	lacerātrīcibus
vocative	lacerātrīx	lacerātrīcēs

Related terms

• lacer
• lacerābilis
• lacerātiō
• lacerātor
• lacerō

References

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