proditrix

prōditrix, īcis, f. [proditor],

• a female betrayer, a traitress (post-class.): patris, Lact. 1, 10, 9: proditrices numinum, Serv. Verg. E. 8, 30.—Trop.: Fama proditrix, Prud. στεφ. 1, 11.

prōditrīx, trīcis, f. (Femin. zu proditor), die Verräterin, patris, Lact. 1, 10, 9: numinum, Serv. Verg. ecl. 8, 30: v. Abstr., fama pr., Prud. perist. 1, 11.

proditrix [CL] , (female) person who abandons treacherously or violates trust or confidence, betrayer; b (fig.). hinc ~ix regni, hostis patrie, insidiatrix filii judicatur, universaque substantia ejus regni proscribitur Gosc. Transl. Mild. 18; ut nequissima ~ix edacibus flammis concremaberis Ord. Vit. X 24 p. 148; ego ~ix, ego michi laqueus facta sum Map NC III 2 f. 35; s1327 dixit se timere, ne vir ‥ ipsam tanquam ~icem igni aut servituti perpetue damnaret More Chr. Ed. II 317.  b verecundia coram hominibus aliquando est ~ix, tunc viz. cum putat abscondi posse quod facit vel quod facere cupit Anselm Misc. 309.

prōdĭtrīx, īcis, f. , ¶ 1 celle qui révèle, révélatrice : Prud. Perist. 1, 11 ¶ 2 celle qui trahit [qqn] : Lact. Inst. 1, 10, 9.