See meretrix on Wiktionary
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"categories": [
"Latin 3-syllable words",
"Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"Latin feminine nouns",
"Latin feminine nouns in the third declension",
"Latin lemmas",
"Latin nouns",
"Latin terms suffixed with -trix",
"Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Latin third declension nouns",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"la:Female people",
"la:Occupations",
"la:Prostitution"
],
"glosses": [
"a female prostitute or courtesan"
],
"links": [
[
"prostitute",
"prostitute"
],
[
"courtesan",
"courtesan"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-3"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈme.re.triːks/",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈmɛrɛt̪riːks̠]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈme.re.triks/",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈmɛːret̪riks]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "meritrix"
},
{
"word": "meletrix"
},
{
"word": "meletris"
},
{
"word": "menetrix"
},
{
"alt": "dissimilation, cluster simplification",
"tags": [
"Late-Latin",
"common",
"proscribed"
],
"word": "menetris"
}
],
"word": "meretrix"
}
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