deletrix

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Latin

Etymology

From dēleō, dēlētum (“to destroy”, verb) +‎ -trīx f (“-ess”, agentive suffix).

Pronunciation

Noun

dēlētrīx f (genitive dēlētrīcis); third declension

  1. destroyer (female)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative dēlētrīx dēlētrīcēs
genitive dēlētrīcis dēlētrīcum
dative dēlētrīcī dēlētrīcibus
accusative dēlētrīcem dēlētrīcēs
ablative dēlētrīce dēlētrīcibus
vocative dēlētrīx dēlētrīcēs

Adjective

dēlētrīx f

  1. (of a feminine noun) destructive

Usage notes

Defective adjective, not used with masculine nouns. Compare victrīx.

Declension

Third-declension feminine-only adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine masculine feminine
nominative — dēlētrīx — dēlētrīcēs
genitive — dēlētrīcis — dēlētrīcium
dēlētrīcum
dative — dēlētrīcī — dēlētrīcibus
accusative — dēlētrīcem — dēlētrīcēs
ablative — dēlētrīce
dēlētrīcī 		— dēlētrīcibus
vocative — dēlētrīx — dēlētrīcēs

References

  • “deletrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “deletrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • deletrix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • deletrix in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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