deletrix

== Latin == === Etymology === From dēleō, dēlētum (“to destroy”, verb) +‎ -trīx f (“-ess”, agentive suffix). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [deːˈɫeː.triːks] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [deˈlɛː.triks] === Noun === dēlētrīx f (genitive dēlētrīcis); third declension destroyer (female) ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. === Adjective === dēlētrīx f (of a feminine noun) destructive ==== Usage notes ==== Defective adjective, not used with masculine nouns. Compare victrīx. ==== Declension ==== Third-declension feminine-only adjective. === References === “deletrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “deletrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “deletrix”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. deletrix in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016