peccatrix

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pekˈkaː.triːks/, [pɛkˈkäːt̪riːks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pekˈka.triks/, [pekˈkäːt̪riks]

Noun

peccātrīx f (genitive peccātrīcis); third declension (post-Classical)

1. sinner (female)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	peccātrīx	peccātrīcēs
Genitive	peccātrīcis	peccātrīcum
Dative	peccātrīcī	peccātrīcibus
Accusative	peccātrīcem	peccātrīcēs
Ablative	peccātrīce	peccātrīcibus
Vocative	peccātrīx	peccātrīcēs

Adjective

peccātrīx (genitive peccātrīcis); third-declension one-termination adjective (post-Classical)

1. sinning, sinful
   • c. 420 CE, Jerome, Commentaria in Epistolam ad Ephesios 1:

     electi erant a Deo, missos esse in eruditionem et magisterium animarum peccatricium

     they were chosen by God, to be sent for the instruction and teaching of sinful souls

   • c. 420 CE, Jerome, Commentaria in Zachariam :

     Nostrorum autem plerique referunt ad coelestem Jerusalem, et hanc dicunt iterum exstruendam, quae ruina animarum peccatricum fuerat destituta.

     But most among us refer to heavenly Jerusalem, and say this is to be built anew, which by the downfall of sinful souls had been forsaken.

Usage notes

Defective adjective; not used with masculine nouns (which take peccātor instead), but it may be used with plural neuter nouns. Declined like victrīx.

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	—	peccātrīx	—		—	peccātrīcēs	peccātrīcia
Genitive		peccātrīcis				peccātrīcium peccātrīcum
Dative		peccātrīcī				peccātrīcibus
Accusative		peccātrīcem				peccātrīcēs	peccātrīcia
Ablative		peccātrīce peccātrīcī				peccātrīcibus
Vocative		peccātrīx				peccātrīcēs	peccātrīcia

References

• “peccatrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• peccatrix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.