praecantrix

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

praecantrix, īcis, f. [praecantor],

an enchantress , sorceress (ante-class.), Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 99 (v. Ritschl ad h. l.); Varr. ap. Non. 494, 27.