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Lewis Short
(verb) : ăgĭto, āvi, ātum, 1, 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.
* Trop.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* Trop.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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