The 'meretrix blanda' of Menander was probably more refined, but not essentially different from the 'libertina' of Rome.
In those days a sin was a prayer, and a prayer, Perseus said, was an invocation at which a meretrix would blush to hear pronounced aloud.
The worship of the Dea Meretrix was replaced by the purer rites of this purer divinity, unconscious as yet of the names and shames of Ishtar.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "meretrix" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: bawd; harlot; hustler; prostitute; stew; whore
