interfectrix

Latin

Etymology

From interficiō, interfectum (“to kill”, verb) +‎ -trīx f (“-ess”, agentive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɪn.tɛrˈfɛk.triːks]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [in.terˈfɛk.triks]

Noun

interfectrīx f (genitive interfectrīcis, masculine interfector); third declension

1. murderess, murderer (female)
   • 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.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	interfectrīx	interfectrīcēs
genitive	interfectrīcis	interfectrīcum
dative	interfectrīcī	interfectrīcibus
accusative	interfectrīcem	interfectrīcēs
ablative	interfectrīce	interfectrīcibus
vocative	interfectrīx	interfectrīcēs

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.