meretrix

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin meretrix

Noun

meretrix

  1. A prostitute.

Latin

Etymology

From mereō (“merit, deserve”) +‎ -trīx. Literally "she who earns".

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈme.re.triːks/, [ˈmɛ.rɛ.triːks]

Noun

meretrīx f (genitive meretrīcis); third declension

  1. (slang) prostitute, female prostitute

Declension

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative meretrīx meretrīcēs
genitive meretrīcis meretrīcum
dative meretrīcī meretrīcibus
accusative meretrīcem meretrīcēs
ablative meretrīce meretrīcibus
vocative meretrīx meretrīcēs

Derived terms

Descendants

See also

References

  • meretrix in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • meretrix in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • meretrix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • meretrix in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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