meretrix
English
Etymology
Noun
meretrix
- A prostitute.
Latin
Etymology
From mereō (“merit, deserve”) + -trīx. Literally "she who earns".
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈme.re.triːks/, [ˈmɛrɛt̪riːks̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈme.re.triks/, [ˈmɛːret̪riks]
Noun
meretrīx f (genitive meretrīcis); third declension
- (slang) prostitute, female prostitute
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | meretrīx | meretrīcēs |
Genitive | meretrīcis | meretrīcum |
Dative | meretrīcī | meretrīcibus |
Accusative | meretrīcem | meretrīcēs |
Ablative | meretrīce | meretrīcibus |
Vocative | meretrīx | meretrīcēs |
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- Catalan: meretriu
- Galician: meretriz
- Italian: meretrice
- Old English: myltestre
- Portuguese: meretriz
- Spanish: meretriz
See also
References
- “meretrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “meretrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- meretrix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “meretrix”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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