meretricius
Latin
Etymology
From meretrīx (“prostitute”), from mereō (“earn, merit, deserve”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /me.reˈtriː.ki.us/, [mɛrɛˈt̪riːkiʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /me.reˈtri.t͡ʃi.us/, [mereˈt̪riːt͡ʃius]
Adjective
meretrīcius (feminine meretrīcia, neuter meretrīcium); first/second-declension adjective
- Of or pertaining to prostitutes, meretricious.
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | meretrīcius | meretrīcia | meretrīcium | meretrīciī | meretrīciae | meretrīcia | |
Genitive | meretrīciī | meretrīciae | meretrīciī | meretrīciōrum | meretrīciārum | meretrīciōrum | |
Dative | meretrīciō | meretrīciō | meretrīciīs | ||||
Accusative | meretrīcium | meretrīciam | meretrīcium | meretrīciōs | meretrīciās | meretrīcia | |
Ablative | meretrīciō | meretrīciā | meretrīciō | meretrīciīs | |||
Vocative | meretrīcie | meretrīcia | meretrīcium | meretrīciī | meretrīciae | meretrīcia |
Related terms
Descendants
- English: meretricious
- Italian: meretricio
- Portuguese: meretrício
- Spanish: meretricio
References
- “meretricius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “meretricius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- meretricius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.