to move hither and thither

com-mŏvĕo ( conm-), mōvi, mōtum, 2 (contr. forms:

commōrunt,

Lucr. 2, 766; commōrat, Turp. ap. Non. p. 278, 2; Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 51; commōrit, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 15, 1; Hor. S. 2, 1, 45;

commossem,

Cic. Planc. 37, 90;

commosset,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 18, § 45;

commosse,

id. ib. 2, 5, 37, § 96; id. Fam. 7, 18, 3), v. a., to put something in violent motion, to move; both of removing from a place and backwards and forwards in a place; to shake, stir (freq. in every period and species of composition).

Lit.

To remove from a place, to carry away, displace, to start, set in motion, move:

neque miser me commovere possum prae formidine,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 181; id. Truc. 4, 3, 44:

facilius est currentem incitare quam commovere languentem,

Cic. de Or. 2, 44, 186:

columnas,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 55, § 145:

castra ex eo loco,

to move forward, decamp, id. ib. 2, 5, 37, § 96; cf.

aciem,

to set the line in motion, Liv. 2, 65, 5; 9, 27, 10:

se ex eo loco,

Cic. Fin. 5, 15, 42:

se domo,

id. Fam. 9, 5, 2:

me Thessalonicā,

id. Att. 3, 13, 1:

te istinc,

id. Fam. 6, 20, 3: agmen loco. to force back, cause to retreat, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 58, 20; so,

hostem,

Liv. 9, 40, 9; 10, 29, 9:

cervum,

Verg. A. 7, 494:

molem,

Val. Fl. 2, 33:

nummum,

i. e. to use in business, Cic. Font. 5, 11 (1, 1); id. Fl. 19, 44:

ais, si una littera commota sit, fore tota ut labet disciplina. Utrum igitur tibi litteram videor an totas paginas commovere?

id. Fin. 4, 19, 53.—Sacra, t. t., to move or carry about the sacred utensils, images, etc., for religious use, Verg. A. 4, 301 Serv.; cf. Cato, R. R. 134, 4:

ancilia,

Serv. ad Verg. A. 8, 3:

tripodes,

Sen. Med. 786.—Hence, humorously: mea si commovi sacra, if I put my instruments (artifices, tricks, etc.) in motion, Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 107. —Prov.:

glaebam commosset in agro decumano Siciliae nemo,

would have stirred a clod, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 18, § 45.—

To set in motion in a place, to move hither and thither, to shake, agitate, disturb.

Of things:

magni commorunt aequora venti,

Lucr. 2, 766:

alas,

Verg. A. 5, 217; cf.:

penna commota volucris,

Sil. 6, 59; Sen. Agam. 633. —

Of persons, with se:

quis sese commovere potest, cujus ille (sc. Roscius) vitia non videat?

can stir, Cic. de Or. 2, 57, 233:

num infitiari potes te... meā diligentiā circumclusum commovere te contra rem publicam non potuisse,

id. Cat. 1, 3, 7; Nep. Ages. 6, 3; Liv. 2, 54, 6; cf.:

Lanuvii hastam se commovisse,

id. 21, 62, 4.—

Trop.

(Acc. to I. A.) To move, drive back, distodge, refute, confute:

nunc comminus agamus experiamurque, si possimus cornua commovere disputationis tuae,

Cic. Div. 2, 10, 26:

si convellere adoriamur ea, quae commoveri non possunt,

id. de Or. 2, 51, 205.—

(Acc. to I. B.) To throw into disorder, physical or mental; to unbalance, unsettle, shake, disturb (rare but class.):

adflantur alii sidere, alii commoventur statis temporibus alvo, nervis, capite, mente,

Plin. 2, 41, 41, § 108:

perleviter commotus fuerat... (postea) eum vidi plane integrum,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 5, 2: Bacchi sacris commota, Poët. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 36, 80:

commotus habebitur, i. e. mente captus,

frantic, crazed, Hor. S. 2, 3, 209; cf.:

commota mens,

id. ib. 2, 3, 278; Plin. 36, 21, 40, § 152; and:

commotus mente,

id. 23, 1, 16, § 23.—

To move in mind or feeling, to make an impression upon, to excite, rouse, shake, disquiet, disturb, affect, etc.

With abl.: commorat hominem lacrimis, Turp. ap. Non. p. 278, 2:

aliquem nimiā longinquitate locorum ac desiderio suorum,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 9, 23:

aut libidine aliquā aut metu,

id. Off. 1, 29, 102; id. Font. 16, 36 (12, 26):

ludis,

id. Mur. 19, 40:

quis enim, cum sibi fingit aliquid et cogitatione depingit, non simul ac se ipse commovit atque ad se revocavit, sentit, etc.,

aroused, id. Ac. 2, 16, 51:

et amore fraterno et existimatione vulgi,

Caes. B. G. 1, 20:

adfectibus,

Quint. 9, 4, 4:

doctā voce,

id. 2, 16, 9:

cujus atrocitate,

id. 6, 1, 32:

vix sum apud me, ita animus commotu'st metu, Spe, gaudio,

Ter. And. 5, 4, 34; Quint. 1, 2, 30:

commota vehementi metu mens,

Lucr. 3, 153. —

Absol.:

commorat omnes nos,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 51:

cum aliqua species utilitatis objecta est, commoveri necesse est,

one must be affected by it, it must make an impression on one, Cic. Off. 3, 8, 35:

nihil me clamor iste commovet,

id. Rab. Perd. 6, 18:

si quos adversum proelium et fuga Gallorum commoveret,

Caes. B. G. 1, 40:

in commovendis judiciis,

Cic. de Or. 2, 45, 189; cf.:

commotus ab oratore judex,

Quint. 6, 2, 7:

qui me commorit, flebit,

provoke, rouse, Hor. S. 2, 1, 45:

Neptunus graviter commotus,

Verg. A. 1, 126:

domo ejus omnia abstulit quae paulo magis animum cujuspiam aut oculos possent commovere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 34, § 83; Quint. 12, 10, 50: dormiunt;

pol ego istos commovebo,

awake, arouse, Ter. Heaut. 4, 4, 8:

porticus haec ipsa et palaestra Graecarum disputationum memoriam quodammodo commovent,

stir up, awaken, revive, Cic. de Or. 2, 5, 20.—Of things:

aes alienum,

to demand, Tac. A. 6, 17:

commotā principis domo,

id. ib. 4, 52 init.:

si umquam vitae cupiditas in me fuisset, ego... omnium parricidarum tela commossem?

provoked, Cic. Planc. 37, 90. —

With in and abl.:

qui cum ingeniis conflictatur ejus modi, Neque commovetur animus in eā re tamen,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 67:

vidi enim vos in hoc nomine, cum testis diceret, commoveri,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 56, § 125:

in hac virgine commotus sum,

i. e. in love, Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 19.—

With ex and abl.:

nam cum esset ex aere alieno commota civitas,

Cic. Rep. 2, 33, 58; Auct. B. Afr. 57, 72.—

With ad and acc.:

nec sane satis commoveor animo ad ea. quae vis canenda,

Cic. ad Q. Fr. 3, 5, 4:

homines ad turpe compendium,

Auct. Her. 4, 40, 52.—

With ut and subj.:

adeone me ignavom putas, ut neque me consuetudo neque amor Commoveat neque commoneat, ut servem fidem?

Ter. And. 1, 5, 45:

tua nos voluntas commovit, ut conscriberemus, etc.,

Auct. Her. 1, 1, 1.—

Of the passions, etc., to rouse, stir up, excite, produce, generate: belli magnos commovit funditus aestus, moved the waves of strife from their foundations, Lucr. 5, 1434; cf.:

commovere tumultum aut bellum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 8, § 20:

misericordiam, invidiam, iracundiam,

id. de Or. 2, 47, 195; cf.:

commovere miserationem,

Quint. 6, 1, 46; 10, 1, 64:

magnum et acerbum dolorem,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 21, § 47:

invidiam aliquam in me,

id. Phil. 3, 7, 18:

summum odium in eum,

id. Inv. 1, 54, 103:

bilem,

id. Att. 2, 7, 2:

multorum scribendi studia,

id. N. D. 1, 4, 8:

adfectus,

Quint. 4, prooem. § 6; 5, 8, 3; cf.:

adfectus vehementer commotos (opp. lenes),

id. 6, 2, 9.—

In discourse:

nova quaedam,

to start new doctrines, adduce novelties, Cic. Ac. 2, 6, 18.— Hence, commōtus, a, um, P. a., moved, excited, aroused:

genus (dicendi) in agendo,

Cic. de Or. 3, 9, 32; cf.:

Fimbria paulo fervidior atque commotior,

id. Brut. 34, 129:

incidere in rem commotam (i. e. amorem),

Sen. Ep. 116, 5:

animus commotior,

Cic. Div. 1, 37, 80:

commotius ad omnia turbanda consilium,

Liv. 6, 14, 9 Weissenb. ad loc.:

Drusus animo commotior,

more violent, passionate, Tac. A. 4, 3; cf.:

commotus ingenio,

id. ib. 6, 45; and:

Agrippina paulo commotior,

id. ib. 1, 33:

commoto similis,

to one provoked, enraged, Suet. Aug. 51; cf. id. Tib. 51.— Sup. and adv. apparently not in use.

com-mŏvĕo ( conm-), mōvi, mōtum, 2 (contr. forms:

commōrunt,

Lucr. 2, 766; commōrat, Turp. ap. Non. p. 278, 2; Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 51; commōrit, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 15, 1; Hor. S. 2, 1, 45;

commossem,

Cic. Planc. 37, 90;

commosset,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 18, § 45;

commosse,

id. ib. 2, 5, 37, § 96; id. Fam. 7, 18, 3), v. a., to put something in violent motion, to move; both of removing from a place and backwards and forwards in a place; to shake, stir (freq. in every period and species of composition).

Lit.

To remove from a place, to carry away, displace, to start, set in motion, move:

neque miser me commovere possum prae formidine,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 181; id. Truc. 4, 3, 44:

facilius est currentem incitare quam commovere languentem,

Cic. de Or. 2, 44, 186:

columnas,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 55, § 145:

castra ex eo loco,

to move forward, decamp, id. ib. 2, 5, 37, § 96; cf.

aciem,

to set the line in motion, Liv. 2, 65, 5; 9, 27, 10:

se ex eo loco,

Cic. Fin. 5, 15, 42:

se domo,

id. Fam. 9, 5, 2:

me Thessalonicā,

id. Att. 3, 13, 1:

te istinc,

id. Fam. 6, 20, 3: agmen loco. to force back, cause to retreat, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 58, 20; so,

hostem,

Liv. 9, 40, 9; 10, 29, 9:

cervum,

Verg. A. 7, 494:

molem,

Val. Fl. 2, 33:

nummum,

i. e. to use in business, Cic. Font. 5, 11 (1, 1); id. Fl. 19, 44:

ais, si una littera commota sit, fore tota ut labet disciplina. Utrum igitur tibi litteram videor an totas paginas commovere?

id. Fin. 4, 19, 53.—Sacra, t. t., to move or carry about the sacred utensils, images, etc., for religious use, Verg. A. 4, 301 Serv.; cf. Cato, R. R. 134, 4:

ancilia,

Serv. ad Verg. A. 8, 3:

tripodes,

Sen. Med. 786.—Hence, humorously: mea si commovi sacra, if I put my instruments (artifices, tricks, etc.) in motion, Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 107. —Prov.:

glaebam commosset in agro decumano Siciliae nemo,

would have stirred a clod, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 18, § 45.—

To set in motion in a place, to move hither and thither, to shake, agitate, disturb.

Of things:

magni commorunt aequora venti,

Lucr. 2, 766:

alas,

Verg. A. 5, 217; cf.:

penna commota volucris,

Sil. 6, 59; Sen. Agam. 633. —

Of persons, with se:

quis sese commovere potest, cujus ille (sc. Roscius) vitia non videat?

can stir, Cic. de Or. 2, 57, 233:

num infitiari potes te... meā diligentiā circumclusum commovere te contra rem publicam non potuisse,

id. Cat. 1, 3, 7; Nep. Ages. 6, 3; Liv. 2, 54, 6; cf.:

Lanuvii hastam se commovisse,

id. 21, 62, 4.—

Trop.

(Acc. to I. A.) To move, drive back, distodge, refute, confute:

nunc comminus agamus experiamurque, si possimus cornua commovere disputationis tuae,

Cic. Div. 2, 10, 26:

si convellere adoriamur ea, quae commoveri non possunt,

id. de Or. 2, 51, 205.—

(Acc. to I. B.) To throw into disorder, physical or mental; to unbalance, unsettle, shake, disturb (rare but class.):

adflantur alii sidere, alii commoventur statis temporibus alvo, nervis, capite, mente,

Plin. 2, 41, 41, § 108:

perleviter commotus fuerat... (postea) eum vidi plane integrum,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 5, 2: Bacchi sacris commota, Poët. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 36, 80:

commotus habebitur, i. e. mente captus,

frantic, crazed, Hor. S. 2, 3, 209; cf.:

commota mens,

id. ib. 2, 3, 278; Plin. 36, 21, 40, § 152; and:

commotus mente,

id. 23, 1, 16, § 23.—

To move in mind or feeling, to make an impression upon, to excite, rouse, shake, disquiet, disturb, affect, etc.

With abl.: commorat hominem lacrimis, Turp. ap. Non. p. 278, 2:

aliquem nimiā longinquitate locorum ac desiderio suorum,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 9, 23:

aut libidine aliquā aut metu,

id. Off. 1, 29, 102; id. Font. 16, 36 (12, 26):

ludis,

id. Mur. 19, 40:

quis enim, cum sibi fingit aliquid et cogitatione depingit, non simul ac se ipse commovit atque ad se revocavit, sentit, etc.,

aroused, id. Ac. 2, 16, 51:

et amore fraterno et existimatione vulgi,

Caes. B. G. 1, 20:

adfectibus,

Quint. 9, 4, 4:

doctā voce,

id. 2, 16, 9:

cujus atrocitate,

id. 6, 1, 32:

vix sum apud me, ita animus commotu'st metu, Spe, gaudio,

Ter. And. 5, 4, 34; Quint. 1, 2, 30:

commota vehementi metu mens,

Lucr. 3, 153. —

Absol.:

commorat omnes nos,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 51:

cum aliqua species utilitatis objecta est, commoveri necesse est,

one must be affected by it, it must make an impression on one, Cic. Off. 3, 8, 35:

nihil me clamor iste commovet,

id. Rab. Perd. 6, 18:

si quos adversum proelium et fuga Gallorum commoveret,

Caes. B. G. 1, 40:

in commovendis judiciis,

Cic. de Or. 2, 45, 189; cf.:

commotus ab oratore judex,

Quint. 6, 2, 7:

qui me commorit, flebit,

provoke, rouse, Hor. S. 2, 1, 45:

Neptunus graviter commotus,

Verg. A. 1, 126:

domo ejus omnia abstulit quae paulo magis animum cujuspiam aut oculos possent commovere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 34, § 83; Quint. 12, 10, 50: dormiunt;

pol ego istos commovebo,

awake, arouse, Ter. Heaut. 4, 4, 8:

porticus haec ipsa et palaestra Graecarum disputationum memoriam quodammodo commovent,

stir up, awaken, revive, Cic. de Or. 2, 5, 20.—Of things:

aes alienum,

to demand, Tac. A. 6, 17:

commotā principis domo,

id. ib. 4, 52 init.:

si umquam vitae cupiditas in me fuisset, ego... omnium parricidarum tela commossem?

provoked, Cic. Planc. 37, 90. —

With in and abl.:

qui cum ingeniis conflictatur ejus modi, Neque commovetur animus in eā re tamen,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 67:

vidi enim vos in hoc nomine, cum testis diceret, commoveri,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 56, § 125:

in hac virgine commotus sum,

i. e. in love, Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 19.—

With ex and abl.:

nam cum esset ex aere alieno commota civitas,

Cic. Rep. 2, 33, 58; Auct. B. Afr. 57, 72.—

With ad and acc.:

nec sane satis commoveor animo ad ea. quae vis canenda,

Cic. ad Q. Fr. 3, 5, 4:

homines ad turpe compendium,

Auct. Her. 4, 40, 52.—

With ut and subj.:

adeone me ignavom putas, ut neque me consuetudo neque amor Commoveat neque commoneat, ut servem fidem?

Ter. And. 1, 5, 45:

tua nos voluntas commovit, ut conscriberemus, etc.,

Auct. Her. 1, 1, 1.—

Of the passions, etc., to rouse, stir up, excite, produce, generate: belli magnos commovit funditus aestus, moved the waves of strife from their foundations, Lucr. 5, 1434; cf.:

commovere tumultum aut bellum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 8, § 20:

misericordiam, invidiam, iracundiam,

id. de Or. 2, 47, 195; cf.:

commovere miserationem,

Quint. 6, 1, 46; 10, 1, 64:

magnum et acerbum dolorem,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 21, § 47:

invidiam aliquam in me,

id. Phil. 3, 7, 18:

summum odium in eum,

id. Inv. 1, 54, 103:

bilem,

id. Att. 2, 7, 2:

multorum scribendi studia,

id. N. D. 1, 4, 8:

adfectus,

Quint. 4, prooem. § 6; 5, 8, 3; cf.:

adfectus vehementer commotos (opp. lenes),

id. 6, 2, 9.—

In discourse:

nova quaedam,

to start new doctrines, adduce novelties, Cic. Ac. 2, 6, 18.— Hence, commōtus, a, um, P. a., moved, excited, aroused:

genus (dicendi) in agendo,

Cic. de Or. 3, 9, 32; cf.:

Fimbria paulo fervidior atque commotior,

id. Brut. 34, 129:

incidere in rem commotam (i. e. amorem),

Sen. Ep. 116, 5:

animus commotior,

Cic. Div. 1, 37, 80:

commotius ad omnia turbanda consilium,

Liv. 6, 14, 9 Weissenb. ad loc.:

Drusus animo commotior,

more violent, passionate, Tac. A. 4, 3; cf.:

commotus ingenio,

id. ib. 6, 45; and:

Agrippina paulo commotior,

id. ib. 1, 33:

commoto similis,

to one provoked, enraged, Suet. Aug. 51; cf. id. Tib. 51.— Sup. and adv. apparently not in use.

ăgĭto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a. [ago], as if the supine were agitu; cf.: quaero quaerito.

Lit., to put a thing in motion, to drive or impel (mostly poet., or in more elevated prose; from poetry it passed, after the Aug. per., into common prose).

Of cattle, to drive, conduct (cf. ago):

calcari quadrupedem agitabo advorsum clivom,

Plaut. As. 3, 3, 118:

stimulo boves agitat,

Vulg. Eccli. 38, 26:

hanc in curru bijugos agitare leones,

drives her span of lions, Lucr. 2, 602:

agitantur quadrigae,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 41 Müll.:

ad flumina currus,

Verg. G. 3, 18:

jussit agitari currum suum,

Vulg. 2 Macc. 9, 4: lanigeros greges hirtasque capellas, to drive, poet. for to tend, Verg. G. 3, 287:

sacros jugales (dracones),

Ov. M. 5, 661:

quadrigas bigasque et equos desultorios,

Suet. Caes. 39.—

Of the motion of other things, to move, impel, shake:

triremem in portu,

Nep. Dion, 9, 2:

alas,

Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 21:

manibusque leves agitavit habenas,

id. M. 7, 221:

hastam,

id. ib. 3, 667: caput, to move the head ( in token of assent = annuere), id. ib. 1, 567:

arundinem vento agitatam,

Vulg. Matt. 11, 7.—Esp., of animals, to hunt, chase, pursue: etiamsi excitaturus [p. 72] non sis nec agitaturus feras, Cic. Off. 3, 17:

aquila insectans alias aves atque agitans,

id. Div. 2, 70:

trepidas columbas,

Ov. M. 5, 606; 11, 300:

damas,

id. ib. 10, 539:

cursu timidos onagros,

Verg. G. 3, 409 al. —

Of the motion caused by the wind, to drive to and fro, toss about, agitate, disturb:

ventus enim fit, ubi est agitando percitus aër,

when the air is violently agitated and driven, Lucr. 6, 686:

mare ventorum vi agitari atque turbari,

Cic. Clu. 49 fin.; id. Univ. 3, 7:

freta ponti Incipiunt agitata tumescere,

Verg. G. 1, 357:

aristas,

Ov. A. A. 1, 553:

Zephyris agitata Tempe,

Hor. C. 3, 1, 24:

ventis agitatur pinus,

id. ib. 2, 10, 9:

veteres agitantur orni,

id. ib. 1, 9, 12:

agitaret aura capillos,

id. Epod. 15, 9.—

Of the motion caused by the water: agitata numina Trojae, tossed or driven about upon the sea, Verg. A. 6, 68; Prop. 3, 21, 5.—

In gen., of the motion caused by other things:

magnes (lapis) agitat (ferri ramenta) per aes,

Lucr. 6, 1054:

agitari inter se concursu,

Cic. N. D. 1, 39: pulsu externo agitari, Macr Somn. Scip. 9.— Poet. of mist, to produce it by motion or agitation: dejectuque (Peneus) gravi tenues agitantia fumos Nubila conducit, and by its impetuous descent (into the valley) raises clouds producing mist, Ov. M. 1, 571—

Trop.

To rouse up, excite, move, urge, drive, impel one to something: aliquem, sometimes in aliquid (so in Florus very freq.):

in furias agitantur equae,

are excited to fury, Ov. A. A. 2, 487:

agitare plebem,

to stir up, rouse, Liv. 3, 11:

populum,

Flor. 2, 12, 2; so id. 11, 6, 2 al.:

agitatus cupiditate regni,

id. 3, 1:

gens sacratis legibus agitata in exitium urbis,

id. 1, 16, 7.—

To disquiet, disturb, to drive hither and thither, to vex, trouble, torment (the fig. taken from the sea agitated by storm; cf. Gernh. and Beier upon Cic. Off. 1, 24, 82):

dii deaeque te agitant irati,

Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 115:

atra bilis agitat hominem,

id. Capt. 3, 4, 64; so id. Curc. 1, 1, 92; 2, 1, 24:

ut eos agitent furiae, neque usquam consistere patiantur,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 24 (cf. Verg. A. 3, 331:

scelerum furiis agitatus Orestes,

id. ib. 4, 471):

suum quemque scelus agitat amentiaque afficit,

id. ib. 24:

agitare et insequi poëtas,

Tac. Or. 4; 25 and 41:

multis injuriis jactata atque agita ta,

Cic. Quint. 2:

est magni viri, rebus agitatis (= perturbatis, Beier) punire sontes,

id. Off. 1, 24, 82:

agitabatur animus inopiā rei familiaris et conscientiā scelerum,

Sall. C. 5, 7:

quos conscientia defectionis agitabat,

Tac. Agr. 16:

commotus metu atque libidine diversus agitabatur,

was drawn in different directions, Sall. J 25, 6; Liv. 22, 12. ne te semper inops agitet vexetque cupido, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 98:

quos agitabat timor,

Tac. Agr. 16:

timore et metu agitati,

Vulg. Judith, 15, 1:

injuriis agitatus,

Flor. 1, 8, 7:

seditionibus,

Just. 12, 4, 12.—

To assail with reproach, derision, insult; to reprove, blame, scoff, deride, insult, mock:

agitat rem militarem, insectatur totam legationem,

attacks, ridicules, Cic. Mur. 9, 21; id. Brut. 28, 109: mea saevis agitat fastidia verbis, Hor Epod. 12, 13; without verbis:

agitant expertia frugis,

id. A. P. 341:

vesanum poëtam agitant pueri,

id. ib. 456.—

In gen., to drive or urge on a thing, to accomplish or do, to drive at, to be employed in, be engaged in, to have, hold, keep, to celebrate; v. ago, II. D. (in the historians, esp. Sallust, very freq.):

Haec ego non agitem?

should I not drive at? Juv. 1, 52:

vigilias,

to keep, Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 27; so,

custodiam,

id. Rud. 3, 6, 20; so Tac. A. 11, 18:

hoc agitemus convivium vino et sermone suavi,

let us celebrate, Plaut. As. 5, 1, 7:

Dionysia,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 4, 11; so id. Hec. 1, 2, 18:

convivia,

Ov. M. 7, 431; Suet. Claud. 32 festa gaudia, Sil. 15, 423:

meum natalem,

Plaut. Pers. 5, 1, 16;

so festos dies,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 63:

jocos,

Ov. M. 3, 319:

agraria lex a Flavio tribuno plebis vehementer agitabatur,

was powerfully urged, supportcd, Cic. Att. 1, 19:

quae cum praecepta parentis mei agitarem,

was striving to comply with, Sall. J. 14, 2 (modestius dictum pro:

studere, ut agerem, Cort.): laeti pacem agitabamus,

were at peace, enjoyed the delights of peace, id. ib. 14, 10:

dicit se missum a consule venisse quaesitum ab eo, pacem an bellum agitaturus foret,

id. ib. 109, 2:

quoniam deditionis morā induciae agitabantur,

there was a truce, id. ib. 29, 4; id. C. 24, 2.— Poet.:

ceu primas agitant acies, certamina miscent,

as if they formed the front rank, Sil. 9, 330.—Hence of time, esp. life, to pass, spend (cf. ago, II. D 5.):

vita hominum sine cupiditate agitabatur,

Sall. C. 2, 1:

agitare aevum,

Verg. G. 4, 154; id. A. 10, 235:

festos dies,

Tac. H. 3, 78.—In Sall., Tac., Flor., et al., agitare absol., to live, dwell, abide, sojourn, be:

hi propius mare Africum agitabant,

Sall. J 18, 9; cf id. ib. 19, 5; id. Fragm. H. 3, 11; so id. J. 54, 2; 59, 1; 94, 4:

laeti Germant agitabant,

Tac. A. 1, 50:

secretus agitat,

id. ib. 11, 21:

montium editis sine cultu atque eo ferocius agitabant,

id. ib. 4, 46; Flor. 4, 12, 48.—

Of the mind: agitare aliquid or de aliquā re (in corde, in mente, animo, cum animo, secum, etc.), to drive at a thing in the mind, i. e. to turn over, revolve, to weigh, consider, meditate upon, and with the idea of action to be performed or a conclusion to be made, to deliberate upon, to devise, contrive, plot, to be occupied with, to design, intend, etc.: id ego semper mecum sic agito et comparo, Att ap. Non. 256, 20:

quom eam rem in corde agito,

Plaut. Truc 2, 5, 3:

id agitans mecum,

Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 10; so Sall. J. 113, 3:

habet nihil aliud quod agitet in mente,

Cic. N. D. 1, 41:

est tuum sic agitare animo, ut, etc.,

id. Fam. 6, 1:

quae omnes animo agitabant,

Tac. A. 6, 9:

provincias secretis imaginationibus agitans,

id. ib. 15, 36 in animo bellum, Liv 21, 2; Vell. 1, 16; Quint. 12, 2, 28.—With inf., as object:

ut mente agitaret bellum renovare,

Nep. Ham. 1, 4.— Poet.:

aliquid jamdudum invadere magnum Mens agitat mihi,

Verg. A 9, 187. —Sometimes also without mente, animo, and the like, agitare aliquid, in the same signif:

quodsi ille hoc unum agitare coeperit, esse, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 96:

rem a me saepe deliberatam et multum agitatam requiris,

id. Ac. 1, 2: oratori omnia quaesita, disputata, tractata, agitata ( well considered or weighed) esse debent, id. de Or. 3, 14:

fugam,

Verg. A. 2, 640.—So esp. freq. in Tac.:

Britanni agitare inter se mala servitutis, Agr 15: bellum adversus patrem agitare,

id. H. 4, 86, id. A. 1, 5; 1, 12.—With de:

de bello,

Tac. H. 2, 1:

agitanti de Claudio,

id. A. 6, 46:

de tempore ac loco caedis agitabant,

id. ib. 15, 50; 1, 12; id. H. 4, 59.—With num:

agitavere, num Messalinam depellerent amore Silli,

Tac. A. 11, 29; id. H. 1, 19.— With - ne:

agitavere placeretne, etc.,

Tac. H. 3, 1.—With an:

an Artaxata pergeret, agitavit,

Tac. A. 13, 41 —With quomodo, Tac. A. 2, 12.—With ut (of purpose):

ut Neronem pudor caperet, insita spe agitari,

Tac. A. 16, 26.—

To treat or speak of or concerning a thing, to confer about, deliberate upon. Romae per omnīs locos et conventus de facto consulis agitart ( impers., for agitabatur), discussions were had, Sall. J 30, 1;

cum de foedere victor agitaret,

Liv. 9, 5; 30, 3.—

Sat agitare, with gen., in Plaut., = sat agere, to have enough to do, to have trouble with: nunc agitas sat tute tuarum rerum, Bacch. 4, 3, 23.

fluctŭo, āvi, ātum, or (perh. not anteAug.) fluctŭor, ātus, 1 (pleraque utroque modo efferuntur:

fluctuatur, fluctuat,

Quint. 9, 3, 7), v. n. [fluctus], to move in the manner of waves, i. e. to wave, rise in waves, undulate, to move to and fro, be driven hither and thither (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. signif.; cf.: fluo, fluito).

Lit.

Form fluctuo:

nunc valide fluctuat mare,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 14:

ita fluctuare video vehementer mare,

id. ib. 4, 1, 12;

4, 2, 11: quadriremem in salo fluctuantem reliquerat,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 35, § 91:

quid tam commune quam mare fluctuantibus, litus ejectis?

id. Rosc. Am. 26, 72:

agebatur huc illuc Galba vario turbae fluctuantis impulsu,

Tac. H. 1, 40; cf. Gell. 10, 6, 2:

fluctuet aër,

Lucr. 6, 367: directaeque acies ac late fluctuat omnis Aere renidenti tellus, waves (in the light) with gleaming brass, Verg. G. 2, 281:

fluctuant insulae,

Plin. 2, 95, 96, § 209:

seges,

Sen. Herc. Fur. 699.—In mal. part., Arn. 2, 73; Auct. Priap. 19, 4; cf. fluctus, I. —

Form fluctuor:

deprehensi in mari Syrtico modo in sicco relinquuntur, modo fluctuantur,

are driven about by the waves, Sen. Vit. Beat. 14:

Delos diu fluctuata,

Plin. 4, 12, 22, § 66:

quaedam insulae semper fluctuantur,

id. 2, 94, 95, § 209 Jan.:

lignum in longitudinem fluctuatur,

i. e. floats about, id. 16, 38, 73, § 186:

lapidem e Scyro insula integrum fluctuari tradunt, eundem comminutum mergi,

id. 36, 16, 26, § 130.—

Trop., to be restless, unquiet, uncertain, doubtful; to rage, swell; to waver, hesitate, vacillate, fluctuate.

Form fluctuo: Eu. Potin, ut animo sis tranquillo? Ch. Quid si animus fluctuat? Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 49; cf.:

animo nunc huc, nunc fluctuat illuc,

Verg. A. 10, 680:

mens animi tantis fluctuat ipsa malis,

Cat. 65, 4:

magnis curarum fluctuat undis,

id. 64, 62; cf.:

magnoque irarum fluctuat aestu,

Verg. A. 4, 532; Anthol. Lat. 1, 178, 150:

fluctuat ira intus,

Verg. A. 12, 527:

irarum fluctuat aestu,

id. ib. 4, 564; so, curarum, 8, 19; Lucr. 4, 1077; Cat. 64, 62:

ingenti Telamon fluctuat ira,

Val. Fl. 3, 637:

fluctuante rege inter spem metumque,

Liv. 42, 59, 8:

totam aciem suo pavore fluctuantem, etc.,

Curt. 3, 10, 6:

in suo decreto,

Cic. Ac. 2, 9, 29:

fluctuantem sententiam confirmare,

id. Att. 1, 20, 2:

genus orationis, quod appellamus fluctuans et dissolutum, eo quod sine nervis et articulis fluctuat huc et illuc,

Auct. Her. 4, 11, 16:

omnia et citata et fluctuantia,

Sen. Contr. 3, 19.—

Form fluctuor:

utrius populi mallet victoriam esse, fluctuatus animo fuerat,

Liv. 23, 33, 3:

fluctuatus animo est, utrum, etc.,

id. 32, 13, 4; 36, 10, 4; Curt. 4, 12, 21; Val. Max. 8, 1, 2: vita fluctuatur per adversa et difficilia, Sen. Ep. [p. 762] 111: semper inter spem et metum fluctuari, Aug. ap. Suet. Claud. 4:

ambrosia (herba) vagi nominis est et circa alias herbas fluctuati,

Plin. 27, 4, 11, § 28.

fluctŭo, āvi, ātum, or (perh. not anteAug.) fluctŭor, ātus, 1 (pleraque utroque modo efferuntur:

fluctuatur, fluctuat,

Quint. 9, 3, 7), v. n. [fluctus], to move in the manner of waves, i. e. to wave, rise in waves, undulate, to move to and fro, be driven hither and thither (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. signif.; cf.: fluo, fluito).

Lit.

Form fluctuo:

nunc valide fluctuat mare,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 14:

ita fluctuare video vehementer mare,

id. ib. 4, 1, 12;

4, 2, 11: quadriremem in salo fluctuantem reliquerat,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 35, § 91:

quid tam commune quam mare fluctuantibus, litus ejectis?

id. Rosc. Am. 26, 72:

agebatur huc illuc Galba vario turbae fluctuantis impulsu,

Tac. H. 1, 40; cf. Gell. 10, 6, 2:

fluctuet aër,

Lucr. 6, 367: directaeque acies ac late fluctuat omnis Aere renidenti tellus, waves (in the light) with gleaming brass, Verg. G. 2, 281:

fluctuant insulae,

Plin. 2, 95, 96, § 209:

seges,

Sen. Herc. Fur. 699.—In mal. part., Arn. 2, 73; Auct. Priap. 19, 4; cf. fluctus, I. —

Form fluctuor:

deprehensi in mari Syrtico modo in sicco relinquuntur, modo fluctuantur,

are driven about by the waves, Sen. Vit. Beat. 14:

Delos diu fluctuata,

Plin. 4, 12, 22, § 66:

quaedam insulae semper fluctuantur,

id. 2, 94, 95, § 209 Jan.:

lignum in longitudinem fluctuatur,

i. e. floats about, id. 16, 38, 73, § 186:

lapidem e Scyro insula integrum fluctuari tradunt, eundem comminutum mergi,

id. 36, 16, 26, § 130.—

Trop., to be restless, unquiet, uncertain, doubtful; to rage, swell; to waver, hesitate, vacillate, fluctuate.

Form fluctuo: Eu. Potin, ut animo sis tranquillo? Ch. Quid si animus fluctuat? Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 49; cf.:

animo nunc huc, nunc fluctuat illuc,

Verg. A. 10, 680:

mens animi tantis fluctuat ipsa malis,

Cat. 65, 4:

magnis curarum fluctuat undis,

id. 64, 62; cf.:

magnoque irarum fluctuat aestu,

Verg. A. 4, 532; Anthol. Lat. 1, 178, 150:

fluctuat ira intus,

Verg. A. 12, 527:

irarum fluctuat aestu,

id. ib. 4, 564; so, curarum, 8, 19; Lucr. 4, 1077; Cat. 64, 62:

ingenti Telamon fluctuat ira,

Val. Fl. 3, 637:

fluctuante rege inter spem metumque,

Liv. 42, 59, 8:

totam aciem suo pavore fluctuantem, etc.,

Curt. 3, 10, 6:

in suo decreto,

Cic. Ac. 2, 9, 29:

fluctuantem sententiam confirmare,

id. Att. 1, 20, 2:

genus orationis, quod appellamus fluctuans et dissolutum, eo quod sine nervis et articulis fluctuat huc et illuc,

Auct. Her. 4, 11, 16:

omnia et citata et fluctuantia,

Sen. Contr. 3, 19.—

Form fluctuor:

utrius populi mallet victoriam esse, fluctuatus animo fuerat,

Liv. 23, 33, 3:

fluctuatus animo est, utrum, etc.,

id. 32, 13, 4; 36, 10, 4; Curt. 4, 12, 21; Val. Max. 8, 1, 2: vita fluctuatur per adversa et difficilia, Sen. Ep. [p. 762] 111: semper inter spem et metum fluctuari, Aug. ap. Suet. Claud. 4:

ambrosia (herba) vagi nominis est et circa alias herbas fluctuati,

Plin. 27, 4, 11, § 28.