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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌpɜː.sɪˈkjuː.tɹɪks/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌpɜɹ.sɪˈkju.tɹɪks/ [Canada, General-American], /ˌpɜː.sɪˈkjʉː.tɹɪks/ [General-Australian], /ˌpøː.səˈkjʉː.tɹəks/ [New-Zealand], /ˌpɛɹ.sɪˈkjʉ.tɹɪks/ [Scotland], /ˌpɜː(ɾ).sɪˈkjuː.tɾɪks/ [India], /ˌpɛɾ.sɪˈkjuː.tɾɪks/ [India], /ˌpəɾ.sɪˈkjuː.tɾɪks/ [India] Forms: persecutrices [plural]
enPR: pûr′sĭ-kyo͞o′trĭks Rhymes: -uːtɹɪks Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin persecūtrīx. First attested in 1559–1566. By surface analysis, persecute + -trix. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:lbor|la:persecūtrīx|:afeq|persecute|-trix|etydate=r,1559,1566|id=female persecutor|text=*}} Learned borrowing from Latin persecūtrīx. First attested in 1559–1566., {{surf|en|persecute|-trix}} By surface analysis, persecute + -trix Head templates: {{en-noun|persecutrices}} persecutrix (plural persecutrices)
  1. (rare) A female persecutor. Tags: rare Synonyms: persecutress

Noun [Latin]

IPA: [pɛr.sɛˈkuː.triːks] [Classical-Latin], [per.seˈkuː.triks] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From persecūtus + -trīx. Etymology templates: {{ety|la|:af|persequor<alt:persecūtus>|-trīx|id=female persecutor|text=*|title=persecūtrīx}} From persecūtus + -trīx. Head templates: {{la-noun|persecūtrīx<3>|m=persecūtor}} persecūtrīx f (genitive persecūtrīcis, masculine persecūtor); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|persecūtrīx<3>}} Forms: persecūtrīx [canonical, feminine], persecūtrīcis [genitive], persecūtor [masculine], no-table-tags [table-tags], persecūtrīx [nominative, singular], persecūtrīcēs [nominative, plural], persecūtrīcis [genitive, singular], persecūtrīcum [genitive, plural], persecūtrīcī [dative, singular], persecūtrīcibus [dative, plural], persecūtrīcem [accusative, singular], persecūtrīcēs [accusative, plural], persecūtrīce [ablative, singular], persecūtrīcibus [ablative, plural], persecūtrīx [singular, vocative], persecūtrīcēs [plural, vocative]
  1. female equivalent of persecūtor Tags: declension-3, feminine, form-of Form of: persecūtor

Inflected forms

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      "args": {
        "1": "persecūtrīx<3>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin 4-syllable words",
        "Latin entries referencing missing etymons",
        "Latin entries with etymology texts",
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin female equivalent nouns",
        "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 using etymon with no ID",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "354 CE – 430 CE, Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis, De consensu evangelistarum 1.25",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "persecūtor"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "female equivalent of persecūtor"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "persecūtor",
          "persecutor#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "feminine",
        "form-of"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[pɛr.sɛˈkuː.triːks]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[per.seˈkuː.triks]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "persecutrix"
}

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