contemptrix

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Latin

Etymology

From contemnō, contemptum (“to scorn”, verb) +‎ -trīx f (“-ess”, agentive suffix).

Pronunciation

Noun

contemptrīx f (genitive contemptrīcis, masculine contemptor); third declension

  1. despiser, contemner (female)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative contemptrīx contemptrīcēs
genitive contemptrīcis contemptrīcum
dative contemptrīcī contemptrīcibus
accusative contemptrīcem contemptrīcēs
ablative contemptrīce contemptrīcibus
vocative contemptrīx contemptrīcēs

References

  • “contemptrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “contemptrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • contemptrix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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