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motrix

motrix [ML] 1 (as sb.) motor, mover (f.); b (of the moon as mover of the tides). voluntas enim in anima est ~ix generalis R. Marston QD 125.  b per quem mare fusum refunditur, / quod motricem lunam exsequitur J. Howd. Ph. 15. 2 (as adj.) that moves or causes to move, motive. in ‥ moto sunt due virtutes ~ices omnino contrarie Bacon Maj. I 169. 3 that prompts or incites. 1422 habita ‥ cum ipsis debita ac diligenti discussione super ~icibus causis hujusmodi imposicionis [sc. anni census] Amund. I 84 (= Reg. Whet. II 404).

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