seductrix

== Latin == === Etymology === From sēdūcō, sēductum (“lead astray, seduce”, verb) +‎ -trīx f (“-ess”, agentive suffix). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [seːˈdʊk.triːks] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [seˈduk.triks] === Noun === sēductrīx f (genitive sēductrīcis, masculine sēductor); third declension a woman who seduces; a female seducer, seductress ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. === References === “seductrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “seductrix”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.