contemptrix

Latin

Etymology

From contemnō, contemptum (“to scorn”, verb) +‎ -trīx f (“-ess”, agentive suffix).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

contemptrīx f (genitive contemptrīcis, masculine contemptor); third declension

1. contemner, despiser (female)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	contemptrīx	contemptrīcēs
genitive	contemptrīcis	contemptrīcum
dative	contemptrīcī	contemptrīcibus
accusative	contemptrīcem	contemptrīcēs
ablative	contemptrīce	contemptrīcibus
vocative	contemptrīx	contemptrīcēs

Descendants

• Middle French: contemptrice
  • French: contemptrice

References

• “contemptrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “contemptrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “contemptrix”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.