interfectrix

Latin

Noun

interfectrīx f (genitive interfectrīcis); third declension

  1. a murderess
    • 4th century, St Jerome, Vulgate, Tobit 3:9
      ergo cum pro culpa sua increparet puellam respondit ei dicens amplius ex te non videamus filium aut filiam super terram interfectrix virorum tuorum (So when she reproved the maid for her fault, she answered her, saying: May we never see son, or daughter of thee upon the earth, thou murderer of thy husbands.)

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative interfectrīx interfectrīcēs
Genitive interfectrīcis interfectrīcum
Dative interfectrīcī interfectrīcibus
Accusative interfectrīcem interfectrīcēs
Ablative interfectrīce interfectrīcibus
Vocative interfectrīx interfectrīcēs

See also

References

  • interfectrix in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • interfectrix in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • interfectrix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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