motrix

English

Etymology

A post-classical Latin female form of classical Latin motor (“motor”). It is used as the feminine form of motor (“(he) that moves”) in neo-Latin, as in the original of Newton's Laws of Motion: proportionalem esse vi motrici impressae ‘is proportional to the motive force applied’ formed on the agentive suffix: -tor (masculine) / -trix (feminine).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈməʊtɹɪks/

Noun

motrix (plural not attested)

  1. (rare) A female instigator or cause of something.
    • 1997, Thomas Pynchon, Mason & Dixon:
      So Dixon for the second time in two minutes finds himself laughing without the Motrix of honest Mirth
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