interfectrix

== Latin == === Etymology === From interficiō, interfectum (“to kill”, verb) +‎ -trīx f (“-ess”, agentive suffix). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɪn.tɛrˈfɛk.triːks] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [in.terˈfɛk.triks] === Noun === interfectrīx f (genitive interfectrīcis, masculine interfector); third declension murderess, murderer (female) 4th century, St Jerome, Vulgate, Tobit 3:9 ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. === References === “interfectrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “interfectrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “interfectrix”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.