exagito Latin · revision 31612

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=96–55 BC, Lucretius|origins=la agō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''exagitō''' (present infinitive exagitāre, perfect active exagitāvī, supine exagitātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|ex-|agitō|t2=to set in motion, stir]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL) De Vaan lists ⟨agitō⟩ among the derivatives of [[agō|t=to drive, do]],^(de Vaan 2008) which goes back to [[itc-pro|*ag-e/o-]] and [[ine-pro|*h₂eǵ-e/o-|t=to drive, lead]], cognate with [[osc|acum|t=to act]], [[grc|ἄγω|tr=ágō|t=to drive, lead]] and [[sa|अजति|tr=ájati|t=drives]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citations are from Lucretius, of the force of the wind that is stirred up and bursts out,^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010) and in Cicero, who says the orator is both roused and helped by the debates of philosophers.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Its physical sense is to stir or shake up, as Seneca's torch that blazes when shaken, and in hunting to start an animal from cover.^(OLD 2012) Most uses are figurative: to stir up feelings, as Cicero's wish not to stir up his grief again; to drive away, as the Lar and Diana's hounds chase off thieves in Ovid; and to harass or persecute, as farmers driven from their land by Verres' wrongs.^(OLD 2012) From harassing comes “to attack in words, censure”, of those who attacked and despised the practice of speaking, and Sallust uses it of a matter already “aired” by rumour.^(OLD 2012)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “attack, drive out, disturb, harass”.^(Stelten 1995) Glossaries render it with [[grc|ἐξελαύνω|tr=exelaúnō|t=to drive out]].^(TLL)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius of the wind stirred up.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of harassing and of censuring.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 86–34 BC – Sallust of a matter aired by rumour.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 43 BC–AD 18 – Ovid of driving away and of starting a hare.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To stir or shake up; to rouse to movement; in hunting, to start an animal or beat the coverts.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To stir up feelings in, [[m|en|agitate]]; to stir up emotions or conditions.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To drive away by disturbing.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To disturb continually, [[m|en|harass]], [[m|en|persecute]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To attack with criticism, [[m|en|censure]], scold; to discuss, air.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[exagitatio]]

+ * [[exagitātor]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[agitō]]

+ * [[coagitō]]

+ * [[peragitō]]

+ * [[agō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}