corruptrix

Latin

Etymology

corruptor (“seducer”) +‎ -trīx

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /korˈrup.triːks/, [kɔrˈrʊpt̪riːks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /korˈrup.triks/, [korˈrupt̪riks]

Noun

corruptrīx f (genitive corruptrīcis); third declension

1. 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