agitatrix

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English

Etymology

Constructed as Latin agitātrīx, feminine of agitātor.

Pronunciation

Noun

agitatrix (plural agitatrices)

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

Quotations

Latin

Pronunciation

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.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative agitātrīx agitātrīcēs
Genitive agitātrīcis agitātrīcum
Dative agitātrīcī agitātrīcibus
Accusative agitātrīcem agitātrīcēs
Ablative agitātrīce agitātrīcibus
Vocative agitātrīx agitātrīcēs

Descendants

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 (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
  • Incunabula Books Latin word list
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