necatrix

== Latin == === Etymology === From necō, necātum (“to kill”, verb) +‎ -trīx f (“-ess”, agentive suffix). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [nɛˈkaː.triːks] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [neˈkaː.triks] === Noun === necātrīx f (genitive necātrīcis, masculine necātor); third declension murderess, murderer (female), killer (female) ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. === References === “necatrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “necatrix”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.