meretricius
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From meretrīx (“female earner, prostitute”) + -ius (“-ious: forming adjectives”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /me.reˈtriː.ki.us/, [mɛrɛˈt̪riːkiʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /me.reˈtri.t͡ʃi.us/, [mereˈt̪riːt͡ʃius]
Adjective edit
meretrīcius (feminine meretrīcia, neuter meretrīcium); first/second-declension adjective
- meretricious: Of or related to prostitutes and prostitution.
- 1719, William Musgrave, Antiquitates Britanno-Belgicae..., Vol. I, Cap. XII, § I:
- Prima Venerem repraesentat... In Caelum recepta rei Meretriciae praesedit...
- The first [statue] displays Venus... Received into Heaven, she presided over all things related to Whoring...
- 1719, William Musgrave, Antiquitates Britanno-Belgicae..., Vol. I, Cap. XII, § I:
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | meretrīcius | meretrīcia | meretrīcium | meretrīciī | meretrīciae | meretrīcia | |
| Genitive | meretrīciī | meretrīciae | meretrīciī | meretrīciōrum | meretrīciārum | meretrīciōrum | |
| Dative | meretrīciō | meretrīciō | meretrīciīs | ||||
| Accusative | meretrīcium | meretrīciam | meretrīcium | meretrīciōs | meretrīciās | meretrīcia | |
| Ablative | meretrīciō | meretrīciā | meretrīciō | meretrīciīs | |||
| Vocative | meretrīcie | meretrīcia | meretrīcium | meretrīciī | meretrīciae | meretrīcia | |
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Catalan: meretrici
- → English: meretricious
- → Italian: meretricio
- → Portuguese: meretrício
- → Spanish: meretricio
References edit
- “meretricius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “meretricius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- meretricius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.