apostatrix

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Latin

Etymology

From apostata (apostate) +‎ -trīx f (-ess, agentive suffix) or from apostatō, apostatātum (to apostatize, verb) +‎ -trīx f (-ess, agentive suffix), with haplology simplifying -tatā- to -tā-.

Pronunciation

Noun

apostātrīx f (genitive apostātrīcis); third declension

  1. (Late Latin) apostate (female)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative apostātrīx apostātrīcēs
genitive apostātrīcis apostātrīcum
dative apostātrīcī apostātrīcibus
accusative apostātrīcem apostātrīcēs
ablative apostātrīce apostātrīcibus
vocative apostātrīx apostātrīcēs

References

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