agito Latin · revision 17967

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *h₂eǵ-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈa.ɡɪ.toː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈaː.d͡ʒi.to]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''agitō''' (present infinitive agitāre, perfect active agitāvī, supine agitātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed [[af|la|agō|-itō|t1=to drive, do]], with the frequentative suffix.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879) [[m|la|agō]] goes back to [[itc-pro|*ag-e/o-|t=to do, act]] and [[ine-pro|*h₂eǵ-e/o-|t=to drive, lead]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD cites Plautus: ''tē … morbus agitat hēpatiārius'', “a liver complaint troubles you”.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ ''Agitāre'' is “to set in motion, move, stir, shake”, “to drive” horses or a chariot (Lucretius of Cybele's lions), and “to drive before one”, of the wind or a river.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) It is “to hunt”, to scour woods for game.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) It is “to rouse” the mind or feelings (Cicero), “to exercise, keep busy”, of disease “to trouble”, and “to stir up, provoke, harass”; it is also “to attack with abuse or ridicule”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ It then means “to be busy with, carry on”, “to spend” time or “live” one's life, “to manage” and “tend” flocks.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) In the mind it is “to turn over, ponder” (''sēcum'', ''animō''), “to plan, intend”, “to investigate”, and “to discuss” or “urge” a view.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) Church Latin glosses it “shake, agitate, impel, disturb, excite”.^(Stelten 1995) English [[m|en|agitate]] (1580s, “to disturb”) comes from its participle.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus: ''morbus agitat hēpatiārius''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius: ''in currū biiugōs agitāre leōnēs''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of stirring the feelings.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1580s – English [[m|en|agitate]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To set in motion, move, stir, shake.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To drive (horses, chariots); to drive before one.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To [[m|en|hunt]], chase.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To rouse, stir, excite; to [[m|en|agitate]], disturb, trouble.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To provoke, [[m|en|harass]]; to criticize, ridicule.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To be busy with, carry on; to spend (time), live.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To manage; to tend (flocks).^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To turn over in the mind, [[m|en|ponder]]; to plan, intend.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To discuss, debate; to urge (a view).^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[agitābilis]]

+ * [[agitātiō]]

+ * [[agitātor]]

+ * [[agitātrīx]]

+ * [[agitātus]]

+ * [[coagitō]]

+ * [[cōgitō]]

+ * [[exagitō]]

+ * [[inagitātus]]

+ * [[obagitō]]

+ * [[peragitō]]

+ * [[subigitō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[agō]]

+ * [[en|agitate]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}