fornicatrix

English

Etymology

From Latin fornicātrīx.

Noun

fornicatrix (plural fornicatrices)

A female fornicator.
- 1926, Ford Madox Ford, A Man Could Stand Up—, Penguin 2012 (Parade's End), p. 524:
  She would be a what was it…a fornicatress?…trix! Fornicatrix is preferable! Very preferable.

Latin

Noun

fornicātrīx f (genitive fornicātrīcis); third declension

fornicator (female), whore
prostitute

Inflection

Third declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	fornicātrīx	fornicātrīcēs
Genitive	fornicātrīcis	fornicātrīcum
Dative	fornicātrīcī	fornicātrīcibus
Accusative	fornicātrīcem	fornicātrīcēs
Ablative	fornicātrīce	fornicātrīcibus
Vocative	fornicātrīx	fornicātrīcēs

Synonyms

fornicāria

Related terms

References

fornicatrix in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
fornicatrix in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
fornicatrix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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