contemptrix

== Latin == === Etymology === From contemnō, contemptum (“to scorn”, verb) +‎ -trīx f (“-ess”, agentive suffix). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kɔnˈtɛmp.triːks] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [konˈtɛmp.triks] === Noun === contemptrīx f (genitive contemptrīcis, masculine contemptor); third declension contemner, despiser (female) ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== Middle French: contemptriceFrench: contemptrice === References === “contemptrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “contemptrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “contemptrix”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.