peccatrix

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pekˈkaː.triːks/, [pɛkˈkäːt̪riːks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pekˈka.triks/, [pekˈkäːt̪riks]

Noun

peccātrīx f (genitive peccātrīcis); third declension (post-Classical)

1. sinner (female)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	peccātrīx	peccātrīcēs
genitive	peccātrīcis	peccātrīcum
dative	peccātrīcī	peccātrīcibus
accusative	peccātrīcem	peccātrīcēs
ablative	peccātrīce	peccātrīcibus
vocative	peccātrīx	peccātrīcēs

Adjective

peccātrīx (genitive peccātrīcis); third-declension one-termination adjective (post-Classical)

1. sinning, sinful
   • c. 420 CE, Jerome, Commentaria in Isaiam 4:

     Propter luxuriam, et voluptates, et lucra de populis inter se habent discordiam, ut de una haeresi duae fiant, et rursum ipsae dividantur in partes, ut proprios abducant greges et devorent domos viduarum, et mulierum peccatricum, semper discentium, et numquam ad scientiam veritatis pervenientium.

   • c. 420 CE, Jerome, Commentaria in Epistolam ad Ephesios 1:

     electi erant a Deo, missos esse in eruditionem et magisterium animarum peccatricium

     they were chosen by God, to be sent for the instruction and teaching of sinful souls

   • c. 420 CE, Jerome, Commentaria in Zachariam :

     Nostrorum autem plerique referunt ad coelestem Jerusalem, et hanc dicunt iterum exstruendam, quae ruina animarum peccatricum fuerat destituta.

     But most among us refer to heavenly Jerusalem, and say this is to be built anew, which by the downfall of sinful souls had been forsaken.

   • 1526, Martin Luther, In Oseam prophetam annotationes a Martino Lvthero Wittembergae praelectae, page 18:

     Nõ solum erigit altaria peccatricia

     Not only does he erect sinful altars

Usage notes

Defective adjective; not used with masculine nouns (which take peccātor instead), but it may be used with plural neuter nouns. Declined like victrīx.

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective (feminine-only in the singular, feminine- and neuter-only in the plural).

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	—	peccātrīx	—		—	peccātrīcēs	peccātrīcia
genitive	—	peccātrīcis	—		—	peccātrīcium peccātrīcum
dative	—	peccātrīcī	—		—	peccātrīcibus
accusative	—	peccātrīcem	—		—	peccātrīcēs	peccātrīcia
ablative	—	peccātrīce peccātrīcī	—		—	peccātrīcibus
vocative	—	peccātrīx	—		—	peccātrīcēs	peccātrīcia

References

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