agitatio Latin · revision 33914

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=ine-pro *h₂eǵ-e/o-}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''agitātiō''' ''f'' (genitive agitātiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|agitō|-tiō|t1=to set in motion, drive about]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) [[m|la|agitō]] is a frequentative of [[m|la|agō|t=to drive]],^(Etymonline)^(Wiktionary) which de Vaan traces to [[itc-pro|*ag-e/o-]] and [[ine-pro|*h₂eǵ-e/o-|t=to drive, lead]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler dates it from Cicero,^(Köbler 2010) who in the speech for Murena asks why the sea has such varied motions and changes of its waves.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is violent movement: Livy uses it of the brandishing of weapons and of a litter's swaying,^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Cicero of the waves and of the motion of the tongue;^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Varro uses it of movement without violence.^(OLD 2012) In the Vulgate the earth will be shaken with shaking.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Figuratively, mostly in philosophical language, it is activity: Cicero says the mind can never be free of activity and motion, and speaks of the pursuit of studies and the management of great affairs;^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012) he contrasts action with mere activity of the mind, thought.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Seneca speaks of the wise man's practice of the virtues,^(Lewis & Short 1879) and Columella of the working of land.^(OLD 2012) The English [[m|en|agitation]] first meant debate, a mental tossing to and fro.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of the motion of the sea.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro of movement without violence.^(OLD 2012)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy of the brandishing of weapons.^(OLD 2012)

+ * 1st century AD – Columella of working the land.^(OLD 2012)

+ * 1560s – [[m|en|agitation]] appears in English, from French.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A violent moving, brandishing, waving, shaking.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # [[m|en|motion|alt=Motion]], movement; [[m|en|agitation]], disturbance.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # The pursuit, practice, exercise (of an activity); ''mentis agitātiō'', mental activity, thought.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # The working, [[m|en|cultivation]] (of land).^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[agitō]]

+ * [[agō]]

+ * [[en|agitation]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}