accusatrix

== English == === Etymology === From Latin accūsātrīx (“accuser (female)”). By surface analysis, accusator +‎ -trix. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation)1 IPA(key): /əˈkjusətɹɪks/ (Received Pronunciation)2 IPA(key): /ækjuˈzeɪtɹɪks/ === Noun === accusatrix (plural accusatrices) A female accusator. Synonym: accuseress For quotations using this term, see Citations:accusatrix. === References === == Latin == === Etymology === From accūsō, accūsātum (“blame, accuse”, verb) +‎ -trīx f (“-ess”, agentive suffix), from ad (“to, towards, at”) + causa (“cause, reason, account, lawsuit”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ak.kuːˈsaː.triːks] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ak.kuˈs̬aː.triks] === Noun === accūsātrīx f (genitive accūsātrīcis); third declension a female accuser, accusatrix ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== English: accusatrix French: accusatrice Italian: accusatrice === References === “accusatrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press