necatrix

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [nɛˈkaː.triːks]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [neˈkaː.t̪riks]

Noun

necātrīx f (genitive necātrīcis, masculine necātor); third declension

1. murderess, murderer (female), killer (female)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	necātrīx	necātrīcēs
genitive	necātrīcis	necātrīcum
dative	necātrīcī	necātrīcibus
accusative	necātrīcem	necātrīcēs
ablative	necātrīce	necātrīcibus
vocative	necātrīx	necātrīcēs

References

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