captrix

Latin

Etymology

From capiō, captum (“to take, capture, seize”, verb) +‎ -trīx f (“-ess”, agentive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkap.triːks]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkap.triks]

Noun

captrīx f (genitive captrīcis, masculine captor); third declension

1. who catches or captures
2. captor (female)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	captrix	captricēs
genitive	captricis	captricum
dative	captricī	captricibus
accusative	captricem	captricēs
ablative	captrice	captricibus
vocative	captrix	captricēs

Related terms

• capiō
• captōrium
• captōrius
• captūra
• captus

References

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