seductrix

Latin

Etymology

From sēdūcō (“lead astray, seduce”) +‎ -trīx (“-ess”, agent suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /seːˈduk.triːks/, [s̠eːˈd̪ʊkt̪riːks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /seˈduk.triks/, [seˈd̪ukt̪riks]

Noun

sēductrīx f (genitive sēductrīcis, masculine sēductor); third declension

1. a woman who seduces; a female seducer, seductress

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sēductrīx	sēductrīcēs
Genitive	sēductrīcis	sēductrīcum
Dative	sēductrīcī	sēductrīcibus
Accusative	sēductrīcem	sēductrīcēs
Ablative	sēductrīce	sēductrīcibus
Vocative	sēductrīx	sēductrīcēs

References

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