corruptrix

Latin

Etymology

corruptor (“seducer”) +‎ -trīx

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /korˈrup.triːks/, [kɔrˈrʊpt̪riːks̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /korˈrup.triks/, [korˈrupt̪riks]

Noun

corruptrīx f (genitive corruptrīcis); third declension

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

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	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

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