agitatrix

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin agitātrīx, feminine of agitātor. By surface analysis, agitate +‎ -trix.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /æd͡ʒɪˈteɪtɹɪks/

Noun

agitatrix (plural agitatrices)

1. (rare) A woman who agitates; a female agitator.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:agitatrix.

Related terms

• agitation
• agitator

Latin

Etymology

From agitō, agitātum (“to put something in motion”, verb) +‎ -trīx f (“-ess”, agentive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [a.ɡɪˈtaː.triːks]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [a.d͡ʒiˈt̪aː.t̪riks]

Noun

agitātrīx f (genitive agitātrīcis); third declension

1. (Late Latin) female equivalent of agitātor
2. (Late Latin) Any thing that is moving (of the emotions or spirit)

Usage notes

This word does not seem to appear in Classical Latin texts, but is used in Later Latin.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	agitātrīx	agitātrīcēs
genitive	agitātrīcis	agitātrīcum
dative	agitātrīcī	agitātrīcibus
accusative	agitātrīcem	agitātrīcēs
ablative	agitātrīce	agitātrīcibus
vocative	agitātrīx	agitātrīcēs

Descendants

• Translingual: Catocala agitatrix

References

• “agitatrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “agitatrix”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• agitatrix in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• Incunabula Books Latin word list