meretricius
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /me.reˈtriː.ki.us/, [mɛ.rɛˈtriː.ki.ʊs]
Adjective
meretrīcius (feminine meretrīcia, neuter meretrīcium); first/second declension
- Of or pertaining to prostitutes, meretricious.
Declension
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | meretrīcius | meretrīcia | meretrīcium | meretrīciī | meretrīciae | meretrīcia | |
| Genitive | meretrīciī | meretrīciae | meretrīciī | meretrīciōrum | meretrīciārum | meretrīciōrum | |
| Dative | meretrīciō | meretrīciae | meretrīciō | meretrīciīs | meretrīciīs | meretrīciīs | |
| Accusative | meretrīcium | meretrīciam | meretrīcium | meretrīciōs | meretrīciās | meretrīcia | |
| Ablative | meretrīciō | meretrīciā | meretrīciō | meretrīciīs | meretrīciīs | meretrīciīs | |
| Vocative | meretrīcie | meretrīcia | meretrīcium | meretrīciī | meretrīciae | meretrīcia | |
Related terms
- meretrīcābilis
- meretrīciē
- meretrīcor
- meretrīcula
Descendants
- English: meretricious
- Italian: meretricio
- Portuguese: meretrício
- Spanish: meretricio
References
- meretricius in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- meretricius in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- meretricius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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