adversatrix

Latin

Etymology

From adversor, adversātum (“to stand opposite; to be against, resist, oppose”, verb) +‎ -trīx f (“-ess”, agentive suffix).

Pronunciation

Noun

adversātrīx f (genitive adversātrīcis, masculine adversātor); third declension

  1. antagonist, adversary (female)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative adversātrīx adversātrīcēs
genitive adversātrīcis adversātrīcum
dative adversātrīcī adversātrīcibus
accusative adversātrīcem adversātrīcēs
ablative adversātrīce adversātrīcibus
vocative adversātrīx adversātrīcēs

References

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