moveo Latin · revision 2893

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=Plautus|origins=ine-pro *m(y)ewh₁-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈmɔ.we.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈmɔː.ve.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''moveō''' (present infinitive movēre, perfect active mōvī, supine mōtum); second conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*mow(a)-]], [[inh|ine-pro|*m(i̯)euh₁-|t=to move]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) Its derivatives [[motus|alt=mōtus]], [[momentum|alt=mōmentum]] and [[mobilis|alt=mōbilis]] go back to *mowe- forms.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ Cognate with [[hit|mau-|t=to fall]]^(de Vaan 2008) and [[sa|मीवति|tr=mī́vati|t=pushes]],^(OLD 2012)^(TLL) and perhaps with [[xum|comohota|t=moved]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is found from Plautus onwards,^(de Vaan 2008) who has a lover say ''una cura cor meum movet'', “one care stirs my heart”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to [[m|en|move]] or set in motion, as Horace's Amphion moving stones with his lyre, and to shake, wield a weapon or play an instrument.^(OLD 2012) It meant to shift a thing or person, to drive someone from a position (''loco movere''), to stir up the sea, to disturb, as by broaching a wine jar, and to upset the body or mind.^(OLD 2012)

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+ It was used for throwing a country into turmoil and rousing men to arms, as in Virgil, and for influencing and touching people, as Cicero says a jury ought to be moved.^(OLD 2012) It meant to set something on foot, to raise a subject, and to turn things over in the mind, as Virgil's ''multa movens animo''.^(OLD 2012) In Neo-Latin it was used intransitively for marching, as English ''move''.^(Ramminger) It survives as French ''mouvoir'', Spanish and Portuguese ''mover'' and Italian ''muovere'', and English ''move'' came through Anglo-French in the late 13th century.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it for stirring the heart and the sea.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it for moving a jury.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil uses it for pondering and for rousing men to war.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace uses it of Amphion moving stones.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * late 13th century – English ''move'' is first recorded.^(Etymonline)

+ * late 14th century – English ''moment'' comes from its derivative ''momentum''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|move]], set in motion, ''(passive)'' to move.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # To shake, stir; to wield, ply.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To shift, remove, ''loco movere'' to dislodge.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To disturb; to upset.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To throw into turmoil; to rouse.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To influence, affect; to [[m|en|touch]] (the feelings).^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To provoke, cause.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To begin, undertake.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To raise (a subject).^(OLD 2012)

+ # To ponder.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[admoveō]]

+ * [[āmoveō]]

+ * [[commoveō]]

+ * [[permoveō]]

+ * [[prōmoveō]]

+ * [[removeō]]

+ * [[submoveō]]

+ * [[mōtus]]

+ * [[mōmentum]]

+ * [[mōbilis]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[en|move]]

+ * [[en|moment]]

+ * [[en|motion]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}