adversatrix

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

adversātrix (archaic advor-), īcis, f. [adversator],

a female antagonist or adversary (in Plaut. and Ter., and then again in Tert.): nunc assentatrix, dudum advorsatrix, Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 100; Ter. Heaut. 1006; Tert. de Anim. 31: quin tu in ea re mihi fueris advorsatrix.

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