stimulatrix
English
editNoun
editstimulatrix
- (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
editNoun
editstimulātrīx f (genitive stimulātrīcis); third declension
- she that incites, instigates or stimulates, instigator
Declension
editThird-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | stimulātrīx | stimulātrīcēs |
Genitive | stimulātrīcis | stimulātrīcum |
Dative | stimulātrīcī | stimulātrīcibus |
Accusative | stimulātrīcem | stimulātrīcēs |
Ablative | stimulātrīce | stimulātrīcibus |
Vocative | stimulātrīx | stimulātrīcēs |
References
edit- “stimulatrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- stimulatrix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.