proditrix

Latin

Etymology

From prōdō, prōditum (“to exhibit, reveal”, verb) +‎ -trīx f (“-ess”, agentive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈproː.dɪ.triːks]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈprɔː.di.triks]

Noun

prōditrīx f (genitive prōditrīcis, masculine prōditor); third declension

1. traitoress, female traitor, female betrayer
   • Servius, Commentary on the Aeneid of Vergil, A.8223.

     Turbatumque oculis ea parte turbatum, quae proditrix mentis est

     Troubled by the eyes and by this part, which is the traitoress of the mind.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	prōditrīx	prōditrīcēs
genitive	prōditrīcis	prōditrīcum
dative	prōditrīcī	prōditrīcibus
accusative	prōditrīcem	prōditrīcēs
ablative	prōditrīce	prōditrīcibus
vocative	prōditrīx	prōditrīcēs

References

• “proditrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press