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agitatio

agitatio, movement, motion, agitation

ăgĭtātĭo, ōnis, f. [agito], the state of being in motion, motion, movement, agitation (in good class. prose).
  • I Lit.: agitationes fluctuum, Cic. Mur. 17: agitatio et motus linguae, id. N. D. 2, 54: lecticae, Liv. 27, 29: agitatione agitabitur terra, Vulg. Isa. 24, 20.—
  • II Trop. (mostly in philos. lang.), activity: numquam animus agitatione et motu esse vacuus potest, Cic. Div. 2, 62, 128: adhibenda est actio quaedam, non solum mentis agitatio, contemplation, thought, id. Off. 1, 5 fin.: magnarum rerum agitatio et administratio, id. Inv. 2, 54: studiorum, prosecution, id. Sen. 7: opus est sapienti agitatione virtutum, the practice, exercise, Sen. Ep. 109: agitatione rerum ad virtutem capessendam excitari, Val. Max. 7, 2, 1.

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