seductrix

Latin

Etymology

From sēdūcō, sēductum (“lead astray, seduce”, verb) +‎ -trīx f (“-ess”, agentive suffix).

Pronunciation

Noun

sēductrīx f (genitive sēductrīcis, masculine sēductor); third declension

  1. a woman who seduces; a female seducer, seductress

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative sēductrīx sēductrīcēs
genitive sēductrīcis sēductrīcum
dative sēductrīcī sēductrīcibus
accusative sēductrīcem sēductrīcēs
ablative sēductrīce sēductrīcibus
vocative sēductrīx sēductrīcēs

References

  • “seductrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • seductrix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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