ŏpĕrātrix

īcis, f.

operator

I. she that works, a worker, effecter, producer (eccl. Lat.): vis operatrix, Tert. Anim. 11: mortis, id. ib. 52: sapientia, Ambros. Spir. Sanc. 2, 9, § 92.
Lewis & Short
A Latin Dictionary, 1879
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