creative Copy link Outline 1. creātrix2. effectrix (in less precise sense) • creative: 1. creātrix: epith. of nature in Lucr.: v. creator. 2. effectrix (in less precise sense): Cic.: v. productive. Phr.: c. power (of mind), *animi vis [vivida] quae ad res excogitandas atque effingendas (? procreandas: cf. create, II.) valet; ingenii vis formatrix; quae novas res fingit atque format.