agitatrix

Constructed as Latin agitātrīx, feminine of agitātor.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /æd͡ʒɪˈteɪtɹɪks/

agitatrix (plural agitatrices)

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

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:agitatrix.

• agitation
• agitator

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

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)

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

Third-declension noun.

• Translingual: Catocala agitatrix

• “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