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) (rare) A woman who agitates; a female agitator. ==== Quotations ==== For quotations using this term, see Citations:agitatrix. ==== Related terms ==== agitation agitator === References === “agitatrix, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. == 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.d͡ʒiˈtaː.triks] === Noun === agitātrīx f (genitive agitātrīcis); third declension (Late Latin) female equivalent of agitātor (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. ==== 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[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016 Incunabula Books Latin word list