corruptrix

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin corruptrīx. By surface analysis, corruptor +‎ -trix.

Noun

corruptrix (plural corruptrices)

1. (obsolete) A female corrupter.

Synonyms

• corruptress

References

• “corruptrix, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Latin

Etymology

From corrumpō, corruptum (“corrupt, seduce”, verb) +‎ -trīx f (“-ess”, agentive suffix).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

corruptrīx f (genitive corruptrīcis); third declension

1. a seductress (woman who seduces); female equivalent of corruptor

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	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