corruptrix

== English == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin corruptrīx. By surface analysis, corruptor +‎ -trix. === Noun === corruptrix (plural corruptrices) (obsolete) A female corrupter. ==== Synonyms ==== corruptress === References === “corruptrix, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. == Latin == === Etymology === From corrumpō, corruptum (“corrupt, seduce”, verb) +‎ -trīx f (“-ess”, agentive suffix). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kɔrˈrʊp.triːks] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [korˈrup.triks] === Noun === corruptrīx f (genitive corruptrīcis); third declension a seductress (woman who seduces); female equivalent of corruptor ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. === References === “corruptrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “corruptrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers