noun · femininethird declension
agitātiō
agitātiō f (genitive agitātiōnis)
Meaning
- motion, movement
- agitation
- activity
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
mōtus continuus corporisagitātiō -ōnis (f) — in Epistulae, ch. 2
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | agitātiō | agitātiōnēs |
| genitive | agitātiōnis | agitātiōnum |
| dative | agitātiōnī | agitātiōnibus |
| accusative | agitātiōnem | agitātiōnēs |
| ablative | agitātiōne | agitātiōnibus |
| vocative | agitātiō | agitātiōnēs |
ăgĭtātĭo, ōnis, f. id.,
I. 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.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
agitātiō ōnis, f
agito, movement, motion, agitation: fluctuum: lecticae, L.: linguae: armorum, L. — Fig.: mentis. — Pursuit, prosecution: studiorum: magnarum rerum.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -tō Latin -itō Latin agitō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin agitātiō From agitō + -tiō.
Descendants
- Catalanagitació
- Englishagitation
- Frenchagitation
- Romanianagitațiefrom French agitation
- Italianagitazione
- Occitanagitacion
- Portugueseagitação
- Spanishagitación
- Finnishagitaatio
- Afrikaansagitasiefrom French agitation