agitatrix

English

Etymology

Constructed as (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin agitātrīx, feminine of agitātor.

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

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /a.ɡiˈtaː.triːks/, [äɡɪˈt̪äːt̪riːks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.d͡ʒiˈta.triks/, [äd͡ʒiˈt̪äːt̪riks]

Noun

agitātrīx f (genitive agitātrīcis); third declension

1. (Late Latin) (deprecated template usage) feminine equivalent of agitātor
2. (Late Latin) Any thing that is moving (of the emotions or spirit)

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

Usage notes

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

Descendants

• Translingual:

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^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• Incunabula Books Latin word list