desertrix

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin dēsertrīx. By surface analysis, desert +‎ -trix.

Noun

desertrix (plural desertrices)

  1. (rare) Alternative form of desertrice.
    • 1986, Léonard Blussé, Strange company:
      […] if Cornelia were to be declared a malicious desertrix […]

References

Latin

Etymology

From dēsertor + -trīx.

Noun

dēsertrīx f (genitive dēsertrīcis); third declension

  1. a female deserter.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative dēsertrīx dēsertrīcēs
genitive dēsertrīcis dēsertrīcum
dative dēsertrīcī dēsertrīcibus
accusative dēsertrīcem dēsertrīcēs
ablative dēsertrīce dēsertrīcibus
vocative dēsertrīx dēsertrīcēs

Descendants

  • Italian: disertrice
  • → English: desertrix

References

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.