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Etymology [ edit ]

Borrowed from Latin meretrix

Noun [ edit ]

meretrix

A prostitute.

Latin [ edit ]

Etymology [ edit ]

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

Pronunciation [ edit ]

Noun [ edit ]

meretrīx f (genitive meretrīcis, masculine meretor); third declension

( slang ) prostitute, female prostitute

Declension [ edit ]

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural Nominative meretrīx meretrīcēs Genitive meretrīcis meretrīcum Dative meretrīcī meretrīcibus Accusative meretrīcem meretrīcēs Ablative meretrīce meretrīcibus Vocative meretrīx meretrīcēs

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Descendants [ edit ]

Catalan: meretriu

Galician: meretriz

Italian: meretrice

Old English: myltestre

Portuguese: meretriz

Spanish: meretriz

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