interfectrix

Latin

Etymology

From interficiō, interfectum (“to kill”, verb) +‎ -trīx f (“-ess”, agentive suffix).

Pronunciation

Noun

interfectrīx f (genitive interfectrīcis, masculine interfector); third declension

  1. murderess, murderer (female)
    • 4th century, St Jerome, Vulgate, Tobit 3:9
      ergo cum pro culpa sua increparet puellam respondit ei dicens amplius ex te non videamus filium aut filiam super terram interfectrix virorum tuorum
      So when she reproved the maid for her fault, she answered her, saying: May we never see son, or daughter of thee upon the earth, thou murderer of thy husbands.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative interfectrīx interfectrīcēs
genitive interfectrīcis interfectrīcum
dative interfectrīcī interfectrīcibus
accusative interfectrīcem interfectrīcēs
ablative interfectrīce interfectrīcibus
vocative interfectrīx interfectrīcēs

References

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