different between agitation vs agitatrix

English

Etymology

From French agitation, from Latin agit?ti? (“movement, agitation”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ad????te??(?)n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /æ.d????te?.??n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

agitation (countable and uncountable, plural agitations)

1. The act of agitating, or the state of being agitated; the state of being disrupted with violence, or with irregular action; commotion.

2. A disturbance of personal tranquillity; disturbance of someone's peace of mind.

   Synonym: perturbation

3. Excitement of public feeling by discussion, appeals, etc.
   • 1856-1858, William H. Prescott, History of the Reign of Philip II

     […] religious agitations […]

4. (archaic) Examination or consideration of a subject in controversy, or of a plan proposed for adoption; earnest discussion; debate.
   • 1732, Jonathan Swift, The Advantages Proposed by Repealing the Sacramental Test

     […] the project now in agitation […]

Synonyms

• emotion, commotion, excitement, trepidation, tremor, perturbation

Translations

References

• agitation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Danish

Noun

agitation c (singular definite agitationen, plural indefinite agitationer)

1. agitation

Declension

Further reading

• “agitation” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin agitatio. Surface analysis: agiter +? -ation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.?i.ta.sj??/

Noun

agitation f (plural agitations)

1. choppiness (of water), turbulence (in air), swaying (of branch etc.)
2. restlessness
3. bustle (of street, room etc.); activity
4. (nervous) agitation
5. (social) unrest

Descendants

• ? Romanian: agita?ie

Further reading

• “agitation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

Constructed as Latin agit?tr?x, feminine of agit?tor.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /æd????te?t??ks/

Noun

agitatrix (plural agitatrices)

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

Quotations

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

Related terms

• agitation
• agitator

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /a.?i?ta?.tri?ks/, [ä???t?ä?t??i?ks?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.d??i?ta.triks/, [?d??i?t???t??iks]

Noun

agit?tr?x f (genitive agit?tr?cis); third declension

1. (Late Latin) female equivalent of agit?tor
2. (Late Latin) Any thing that is moving (of the emotions or spirit)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

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
• agitatrix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• agitatrix in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700?^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• Incunabula Books Latin word list