meretricius

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Latin

Etymology

From meretrīx (“female earner, prostitute”) +‎ -ius (“-ious: forming adjectives”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

meretrīcius (feminine meretrīcia, neuter meretrīcium); first/second-declension adjective

  1. meretricious: Of or related to prostitutes and prostitution.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative meretrīcius meretrīcia meretrīcium meretrīciī meretrīciae meretrīcia
Genitive meretrīciī meretrīciae meretrīciī meretrīciōrum meretrīciārum meretrīciōrum
Dative meretrīciō meretrīciō meretrīciīs
Accusative meretrīcium meretrīciam meretrīcium meretrīciōs meretrīciās meretrīcia
Ablative meretrīciō meretrīciā meretrīciō meretrīciīs
Vocative meretrīcie meretrīcia meretrīcium meretrīciī meretrīciae meretrīcia

Descendants

References

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