cavillatrix
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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
căvillātrix: īcis, f. cavillator, II. (only twice in Quint.),
I she who seeks to take by sophistry: conclusio, Quint. 7, 3, 14; hence also sophistry, id. 2, 15, 25.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
căvillātrīx, īcis, f. (cavillator), une sophiste : verborum Quint. 7, 3, 14, qui subtilise sur les mots || la sophistique : Quint. 2, 15, 25.
Latin > German (Georges)
cavillātrīx, trīcis, f. (Fem. zu cavillator), I) die Sophistin, Quint. 7, 3, 14. – II) die Sophistik, Quint. 2, 15, 25.
Latin > English
cavillatrix cavillatricis N F :: quibbler (female), captious critic, sophist; sophistry
