- calcatrix
calcātrīx, trīcis, f. (Femin. zu calcator), die auf etw. tritt, übtr. = die etw. verachtet, die Verächterin, mundi, Prud. psych. 587.
http://www.zeno.org/Georges-1913. 1806–1895.
calcatrix
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