captatrix
Latin
Etymology
From captō, captātum (“to strive to seize”, verb) + -trīx f (“-ess”, agentive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kapˈtaː.triːks]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kapˈt̪aː.t̪riks]
Noun
captātrīx f (genitive captātrīcis, masculine captātor); third declension
- a legacy huntress, a legacy hunter (female)
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | captātrīx | captātrīcēs |
| genitive | captātrīcis | captātrīcum |
| dative | captātrīcī | captātrīcibus |
| accusative | captātrīcem | captātrīcēs |
| ablative | captātrīce | captātrīcibus |
| vocative | captātrīx | captātrīcēs |
References
- “captatrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press