stimulatrix

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin stimulātrīx. By surface analysis, stimulator +‎ -trix.

Noun

stimulatrix

  1. (rare) A female who stimulates.
    • 1803, Tiberius Cavallo, Evolution, page 81:
      I think it but reasonable to attribute them [tides] to her [the Moon's] agency, as the stimulatrix and supplier of that electric principle by which land and water, for certain lengths of space and for certain times, mutually attract and repel each other, which is the proper definition of tide.

Latin

Etymology

From stimulō, stimulātum (to urge on, goad on, stimulate, verb) +‎ -trīx f (-ess, agentive suffix).

Pronunciation

Noun

stimulātrīx f (genitive stimulātrīcis, masculine stimulātor); third declension

  1. she that incites, instigates or stimulates, instigator

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative stimulātrīx stimulātrīcēs
genitive stimulātrīcis stimulātrīcum
dative stimulātrīcī stimulātrīcibus
accusative stimulātrīcem stimulātrīcēs
ablative stimulātrīce stimulātrīcibus
vocative stimulātrīx stimulātrīcēs

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