effectrix

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin effectrīx. By surface analysis, effector +‎ -trix.

Noun

effectrix

1. (obsolete) An efficient cause.

References

• “effectrix, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Latin

Etymology

From efficiō, effectum (“effect”, verb) +‎ -trīx f (“-ess”, agentive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɛfˈfɛk.triːks]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [efˈfɛk.triks]

Noun

effectrīx f (genitive effectrīcis); third declension

1. female equivalent of effector (“effector, producer, cause”)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	effectrīx	effectrīcēs
genitive	effectrīcis	effectrīcum
dative	effectrīcī	effectrīcibus
accusative	effectrīcem	effectrīcēs
ablative	effectrīce	effectrīcibus
vocative	effectrīx	effectrīcēs

References

• “effectrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “effectrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers