Lewis Short
(verb) : cēveo, ēre (
* Perf. cevi, without voucher in Prob. p. 1482 P.), Sanscr. kju, to agitate one's self; cf. quatio.
* To move the haunches, Plaut. Fragin. ap. Non. p. 84, 18; Juv. 2, 21; 9, 40; Mart. 3, 95, 13; cf. criso.—*
* Trop. (the figure taken from the wagging of the tail of a dog), to fawn, flatter, Pers. 1, 87.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary