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fornicatrix
fornicatrix
English
Noun
fornicatrix (plural fornicatrices)
- A female fornicator.
- 1926, Ford Madox Ford, A Man Could Stand Up—, Penguin 2012 (Parade's End), p. 524:
- She would be a what was it…a fornicatress?…trix! Fornicatrix is preferable! Very preferable.
- 1926, Ford Madox Ford, A Man Could Stand Up—, Penguin 2012 (Parade's End), p. 524:
Latin
Noun
fornicātrix f (genitive fornicātricis); third declension
- fornicator (female), whore
- prostitute
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | fornicātrix | fornicātricēs |
| genitive | fornicātricis | fornicātricum |
| dative | fornicātricī | fornicātricibus |
| accusative | fornicātricem | fornicātricēs |
| ablative | fornicātrice | fornicātricibus |
| vocative | fornicātrix | fornicātricēs |
Related terms
References
- fornicatrix in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- FORNICATRIX in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “fornicatrix”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.