English

Noun

agitatrix ‎(plural agitatrices)

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

Quotations

• For usage examples of this term, see Citations:agitatrix.

Related terms

• agitation
• agitator

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /a.ɡiˈtaː.triːks/, [a.ɡɪˈtaː.triːks]

Noun

agitātrīx f ‎(genitive agitātrīcis); third declension

1. feminine equivalent of agitātor
2. 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.

Descendants

• Translingual: Catocala agitatrix

References

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