fornicatrix

English

Etymology

From Latin fornicātrīx. By surface analysis, fornicate +‎ -trix.

Noun

fornicatrix (plural fornicatrices)

1. A female fornicator.
   • 1926, Ford Madox Ford, A Man Could Stand Up— (Parade's End), Penguin, published 2012, page 524:

     She would be a what was it…a fornicatress?…trix! Fornicatrix is preferable! Very preferable.

Synonyms

• fornicatress

Latin

Etymology

From fornicor, fornicātum (“to fornicate”, verb) +‎ -trīx f (“-ess”, agentive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [fɔr.nɪˈkaː.triːks]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [for.niˈkaː.t̪riks]

Noun

fornicātrīx f (genitive fornicātrīcis, masculine fornicātor); third declension

1. fornicator (female), whore
2. prostitute

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	fornicātrīx	fornicātrīcēs
genitive	fornicātrīcis	fornicātrīcum
dative	fornicātrīcī	fornicātrīcibus
accusative	fornicātrīcem	fornicātrīcēs
ablative	fornicātrīce	fornicātrīcibus
vocative	fornicātrīx	fornicātrīcēs

Synonyms

• fornicāria

Related terms

• fornicārius
• fornicātiō
• fornicātor

References

• “fornicatrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "fornicatrix", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “fornicatrix”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.