cavillatrix

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

căvillātrix, īcis, f. [cavillator, II.] (only twice in Quint.),

she who seeks to take by sophistry : conclusio, Quint. 7, 3, 14; hence also sophistry , id. 2, 15, 25.