verbfirst conjugation
agitō
agitō (present infinitive agitāre, perfect active agitāvī, supine agitātum)
Classical[ˈa.ɡɪ.toː]Ecclesiastical[ˈaː.d͡ʒi.to]
№ 578 of the 1,000 commonest wordsMille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- to act, behave, do, or make persistently or unremittingly
- to put something in motion, drive, impel; drive by rowing, row about; shake, throb
- to brandish, wield
- to drive, conduct; tend, control
- to hunt, chase, pursue
- to drive to and fro, toss about, agitate, disturb, churn
mare, quale vides agitāri nunc quoque ventis.
The sea, the sort you now see, also churned up by the winds.43 BCE – c. 17 CE, Ovidius, Heroides 7 - to rouse or stir up, excite, move, urge, drive or impel someone to something, insist on
- to disturb, disquiet, provoke, agitate, vex, trouble, torment
Hīs vīvus Furiīs agitābere, mortuus īsdem.
You'll be tormented by these Furies while alive, and when dead by the same.9 CE, Ovidius, Ibis 159 - to reprove, assail, blame, decry, scoff, deride, insult, mock
- to be engaged in, do, accomplish, have, hold, keep; celebrate; practise, exercise
- to pass, spend
- to live, dwell, abide, sojourn
- to drive at something in the mind; turn over, study, weigh, consider, meditate upon
- to be occupied with, devise, contrive, plot, design, intend
- to deliberate upon, confer about, discuss, debate, investigate
- to have enough to do, have trouble with, to be fully engaged in
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
moveō, agō; pāstor gregem agitat.agitō -āre — in Mille Verba, Rūs et Agrīcultūra
movēre, hūc illūc pellōagitō -āre — in Evangelium secundum Matthaeum, ch. 9
Conjugation conjugation 1
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | agitō | agitābam | agitābō | agitāvī | agitāveram agitāram | agitāverō agitārō |
| 2nd sg. | agitās | agitābās | agitābis | agitāvistī agitāstī | agitāverās agitārās | agitāveris agitāris |
| 3rd sg. | agitat | agitābat | agitābit | agitāvit agitāt | agitāverat agitārat | agitāverit agitārit |
| 1st pl. | agitāmus | agitābāmus | agitābimus | agitāvimus agitāmus | agitāverāmus agitārāmus | agitāverimus agitārimus |
| 2nd pl. | agitātis | agitābātis | agitābitis | agitāvistis agitāstis | agitāverātis agitārātis | agitāveritis agitāritis |
| 3rd pl. | agitant | agitābant | agitābunt | agitāvērunt agitārunt, agitāvēre | agitāverant agitārant | agitāverint agitārint |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | agitem | agitārem | agitāverim agitārim | agitāvissem agitāssem |
| 2nd sg. | agitēs | agitārēs | agitāverīs agitārīs | agitāvissēs agitāssēs |
| 3rd sg. | agitet | agitāret | agitāverit agitārit | agitāvisset agitāsset |
| 1st pl. | agitēmus | agitārēmus | agitāverīmus agitārīmus | agitāvissēmus agitāssēmus |
| 2nd pl. | agitētis | agitārētis | agitāverītis agitārītis | agitāvissētis agitāssētis |
| 3rd pl. | agitent | agitārent | agitāverint agitārint | agitāvissent agitāssent |
passive indicative
| form | present | imperfect | future |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | agitor | agitābar | agitābor |
| 2nd sg. | agitāris agitāre | agitābāris agitābāre | agitāberis agitābere |
| 3rd sg. | agitātur | agitābātur | agitābitur |
| 1st pl. | agitāmur | agitābāmur | agitābimur |
| 2nd pl. | agitāminī | agitābāminī | agitābiminī |
| 3rd pl. | agitantur | agitābantur | agitābuntur |
passive subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect |
|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | agiter | agitārer |
| 2nd sg. | agitēris agitēre | agitārēris agitārēre |
| 3rd sg. | agitētur | agitārētur |
| 1st pl. | agitēmur | agitārēmur |
| 2nd pl. | agitēminī | agitārēminī |
| 3rd pl. | agitentur | agitārentur |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | agitā | agitāre |
| pres. 2nd pl. | agitāte | agitāminī |
| fut. 2nd sg. | agitātō | agitātor |
| fut. 3rd sg. | agitātō | agitātor |
| fut. 2nd pl. | agitātōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | agitantō | agitantor |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | agitāre | agitārī |
| perfect infinitive | agitāvisse agitāsse | agitātum esse |
| future infinitive | agitātūrum esse | agitātum īrī |
| present participle | agitāns | — |
| perfect participle | — | agitātus agitāta, agitātā, agitātae, agitātam, agitātārum, agitātās, agitātī, agitātōrum, agitātōs |
| future participle | agitātūrus agitātūra, agitātūrā, agitātūrae, agitātūram, agitātūrārum, agitātūrās, agitātūre, agitātūrī, agitātūrīs, agitātūrō, agitātūrōrum, agitātūrōs, agitātūrum | agitandus agitanda, agitandā, agitandae, agitandam, agitandārum, agitandās, agitande, agitandīs, agitandōrum, agitandōs |
gerundagitandī, agitandō, agitandumsupineagitātum, agitātū
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- agitare equum
- to make a horse prance.
- (mens scelerum furiis agitatur)
- to be tormented by remorse.
- Furiae agitant et vexant aliquem
- the Furies harass and torment some one.
- pulsu externo, adventicio agitari
- to be affected by some external impulse, by external impressions.
- mare ventorum vi agitatur et turbatur
- there is a storm at sea.
- agitare (in) mente or (in) animo aliquid
- to think over, consider a thing.
ăgĭto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a. ago, as if the supine were
I. agitu; cf.: quaero quaerito.
I. Lit., to put a thing in motion, to drive or impel (mostly poet., or in more elevated prose; from poetry it passed, after the Aug. per., into common prose).
A. Of cattle, to drive, conduct (cf. ago):
calcari quadrupedem agitabo advorsum clivom, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 118: stimulo boves agitat, Vulg. Eccli. 38, 26: hanc in curru bijugos agitare leones, drives her span of lions, Lucr. 2, 602: agitantur quadrigae, Varr. L. L. 6, § 41 Müll.: ad flumina currus, Verg. G. 3, 18: jussit agitari currum suum, Vulg. 2 Macc. 9, 4: lanigeros greges hirtasque capellas, to drive, poet. for to tend, Verg. G. 3, 287: sacros jugales (dracones), Ov. M. 5, 661: quadrigas bigasque et equos desultorios, Suet. Caes. 39.—B. Of the motion of other things, to move, impel, shake:
triremem in portu, Nep. Dion, 9, 2: alas, Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 21: manibusque leves agitavit habenas, id. M. 7, 221: hastam, id. ib. 3, 667: caput, to move the head (in token of assent = annuere), id. ib. 1, 567: arundinem vento agitatam, Vulg. Matt. 11, 7.—Esp., of animals, to hunt, chase, pursue: etiamsi excitaturus non sis nec agitaturus feras, Cic. Off. 3, 17: aquila insectans alias aves atque agitans, id. Div. 2, 70: trepidas columbas, Ov. M. 5, 606; 11, 300: damas, id. ib. 10, 539: cursu timidos onagros, Verg. G. 3, 409 al.—C. Of the motion caused by the wind, to drive to and fro, toss about, agitate, disturb:
ventus enim fit, ubi est agitando percitus aër, when the air is violently agitated and driven, Lucr. 6, 686: mare ventorum vi agitari atque turbari, Cic. Clu. 49 fin.; id. Univ. 3, 7: freta ponti Incipiunt agitata tumescere, Verg. G. 1, 357: aristas, Ov. A. A. 1, 553: Zephyris agitata Tempe, Hor. C. 3, 1, 24: ventis agitatur pinus, id. ib. 2, 10, 9: veteres agitantur orni, id. ib. 1, 9, 12: agitaret aura capillos, id. Epod. 15, 9.—D. Of the motion caused by the water: agitata numina Trojae, tossed or driven about upon the sea, Verg. A. 6, 68; Prop. 3, 21, 5.—
E. In gen., of the motion caused by other things:
magnes (lapis) agitat (ferri ramenta) per aes, Lucr. 6, 1054: agitari inter se concursu, Cic. N. D. 1, 39: pulsu externo agitari, Macr Somn. Scip. 9.—Poet. of mist, to produce it by motion or agitation: dejectuque (Peneus) gravi tenues agitantia fumos Nubila conducit, and by its impetuous descent (into the valley) raises clouds producing mist, Ov. M. 1, 571—II. Trop.
A. To rouse up, excite, move, urge, drive, impel one to something: aliquem, sometimes in aliquid (so in Florus very freq.):
in furias agitantur equae, are excited to fury, Ov. A. A. 2, 487: agitare plebem, to stir up, rouse, Liv. 3, 11: populum, Flor. 2, 12, 2; so id. 11, 6, 2 al.: agitatus cupiditate regni, id. 3, 1: gens sacratis legibus agitata in exitium urbis, id. 1, 16, 7.—B. To disquiet, disturb, to drive hither and thither, to vex, trouble, torment (the fig. taken from the sea agitated by storm; cf. Gernh. and Beier upon Cic. Off. 1, 24, 82):
dii deaeque te agitant irati, Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 115: atra bilis agitat hominem, id. Capt. 3, 4, 64; so id. Curc. 1, 1, 92; 2, 1, 24: ut eos agitent furiae, neque usquam consistere patiantur, Cic. Rosc. Am. 24 (cf. Verg. A. 3, 331: scelerum furiis agitatus Orestes, id. ib. 4, 471): suum quemque scelus agitat amentiaque afficit, id. ib. 24: agitare et insequi poëtas, Tac. Or. 4; 25 and 41: multis injuriis jactata atque agita ta, Cic. Quint. 2: est magni viri, rebus agitatis (= perturbatis, Beier) punire sontes, id. Off. 1, 24, 82: agitabatur animus inopiā rei familiaris et conscientiā scelerum, Sall. C. 5, 7: quos conscientia defectionis agitabat, Tac. Agr. 16: commotus metu atque libidine diversus agitabatur, was drawn in different directions, Sall. J 25, 6; Liv. 22, 12. ne te semper inops agitet vexetque cupido, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 98: quos agitabat timor, Tac. Agr. 16: timore et metu agitati, Vulg. Judith, 15, 1: injuriis agitatus, Flor. 1, 8, 7: seditionibus, Just. 12, 4, 12.—C. To assail with reproach, derision, insult; to reprove, blame, scoff, deride, insult, mock:
agitat rem militarem, insectatur totam legationem, attacks, ridicules, Cic. Mur. 9, 21; id. Brut. 28, 109: mea saevis agitat fastidia verbis, Hor Epod. 12, 13; without verbis: agitant expertia frugis, id. A. P. 341: vesanum poëtam agitant pueri, id. ib. 456.—D. In gen., to drive or urge on a thing, to accomplish or do, to drive at, to be employed in, be engaged in, to have, hold, keep, to celebrate; v. ago, II. D. (in the historians, esp. Sallust, very freq.):
Haec ego non agitem? should I not drive at? Juv. 1, 52: vigilias, to keep, Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 27; so, custodiam, id. Rud. 3, 6, 20; so Tac. A. 11, 18: hoc agitemus convivium vino et sermone suavi, let us celebrate, Plaut. As. 5, 1, 7: Dionysia, Ter. Heaut. 4, 4, 11; so id. Hec. 1, 2, 18: convivia, Ov. M. 7, 431; Suet. Claud. 32 festa gaudia, Sil. 15, 423: meum natalem, Plaut. Pers. 5, 1, 16; so festos dies, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 63: jocos, Ov. M. 3, 319: agraria lex a Flavio tribuno plebis vehementer agitabatur, was powerfully urged, supportcd, Cic. Att. 1, 19: quae cum praecepta parentis mei agitarem, was striving to comply with, Sall. J. 14, 2 (modestius dictum pro: studere, ut agerem, Cort.): laeti pacem agitabamus, were at peace, enjoyed the delights of peace, id. ib. 14, 10: dicit se missum a consule venisse quaesitum ab eo, pacem an bellum agitaturus foret, id. ib. 109, 2: quoniam deditionis morā induciae agitabantur, there was a truce, id. ib. 29, 4; id. C. 24, 2.— Poet.: ceu primas agitant acies, certamina miscent, as if they formed the front rank, Sil. 9, 330.—Hence of time, esp. life, to pass, spend (cf. ago, II. D 5.): vita hominum sine cupiditate agitabatur, Sall. C. 2, 1: agitare aevum, Verg. G. 4, 154; id. A. 10, 235: festos dies, Tac. H. 3, 78.—In Sall., Tac., Flor., et al., agitare absol., to live, dwell, abide, sojourn, be: hi propius mare Africum agitabant, Sall. J 18, 9; cf id. ib. 19, 5; id. Fragm. H. 3, 11; so id. J. 54, 2; 59, 1; 94, 4: laeti Germant agitabant, Tac. A. 1, 50: secretus agitat, id. ib. 11, 21: montium editis sine cultu atque eo ferocius agitabant, id. ib. 4, 46; Flor. 4, 12, 48.—E. Of the mind: agitare aliquid or de aliquā re (in corde, in mente, animo, cum animo, secum, etc.), to drive at a thing in the mind, i. e. to turn over, revolve, to weigh, consider, meditate upon, and with the idea of action to be performed or a conclusion to be made, to deliberate upon, to devise, contrive, plot, to be occupied with, to design, intend, etc.: id ego semper mecum sic agito et comparo, Att ap. Non. 256, 20:
quom eam rem in corde agito, Plaut. Truc 2, 5, 3: id agitans mecum, Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 10; so Sall. J. 113, 3: habet nihil aliud quod agitet in mente, Cic. N. D. 1, 41: est tuum sic agitare animo, ut, etc., id. Fam. 6, 1: quae omnes animo agitabant, Tac. A. 6, 9: provincias secretis imaginationibus agitans, id. ib. 15, 36 in animo bellum, Liv 21, 2; Vell. 1, 16; Quint. 12, 2, 28.—With inf., as object: ut mente agitaret bellum renovare, Nep. Ham. 1, 4.—Poet.: aliquid jamdudum invadere magnum Mens agitat mihi, Verg. A 9, 187. —Sometimes also without mente, animo, and the like, agitare aliquid, in the same signif: quodsi ille hoc unum agitare coeperit, esse, etc., Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 96: rem a me saepe deliberatam et multum agitatam requiris, id. Ac. 1, 2: oratori omnia quaesita, disputata, tractata, agitata (well considered or weighed) esse debent, id. de Or. 3, 14: fugam, Verg. A. 2, 640.—So esp. freq. in Tac.: Britanni agitare inter se mala servitutis, Agr 15: bellum adversus patrem agitare, id. H. 4, 86, id. A. 1, 5; 1, 12.—With de: de bello, Tac. H. 2, 1: agitanti de Claudio, id. A. 6, 46: de tempore ac loco caedis agitabant, id. ib. 15, 50; 1, 12; id. H. 4, 59.—With num: agitavere, num Messalinam depellerent amore Silli, Tac. A. 11, 29; id. H. 1, 19.— With -ne: agitavere placeretne, etc., Tac. H. 3, 1.—With an: an Artaxata pergeret, agitavit, Tac. A. 13, 41—With quomodo, Tac. A. 2, 12.—With ut (of purpose): ut Neronem pudor caperet, insita spe agitari, Tac. A. 16, 26.—F. To treat or speak of or concerning a thing, to confer about, deliberate upon. Romae per omnīs locos et conventus de facto consulis agitart (impers., for agitabatur), discussions were had, Sall. J 30, 1;
cum de foedere victor agitaret, Liv. 9, 5; 30, 3.—* G. Sat agitare, with gen., in Plaut., = sat agere, to have enough to do, to have trouble with: nunc agitas sat tute tuarum rerum, Bacch. 4, 3, 23.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
agitō āvī, ātus, āre, freq.
ago, to set in violent motion, drive onward, move, impel, urge: (Harena) magnā vi agitata, S.: greges, drive to pasture, V.: equum, V.: iugales (dracones), O.: (triremem) in portu agitari iubet, rowed about, N. — To hunt, chase, pursue: aquila alias avīs agitans: dammas, O.: cervos in retia, O. — Fig., to drive, urge forward, press, support, insist on: agrariam legem: hoc unum agitare, esse, etc., keep pressing this one point: pacem an bellum, S.—To attend, keep, celebrate: Dionysia, T.: festos dies. — To observe, obey, carry out, exercise: praecepta parentis mei, S.: secreta consilia, L.—Of time, to pass, spend vitam sine cupiditate, S.: apud aquam noctem, S. —Absol, to live, abide, be: varius atque incertus agitabat, S.: pro muro dies noctīsque, remain, S. —To move to and fro, stir, agitate, shake, disturb, toss: corpora huc et illuc, S.: hastam, brandish, O.: scintilla agitata (ventis), fanned, O.: habenas manibus, wield, O.: caput, nod, O.: mare ventorum vi agitari: freta incipiant agitata tumescere, V.: Zephyris agitata Tempe, H.: agitata numina Troiae, tossed on the sea, V.: agitantia fumos Nubila, tossing up spray, O. — Fig., to stir, rouse, agitate, stimulate, excite, goad: hunc, T.: plebem, L.: mens agitat molem, animates, V. — To vex, disquiet, disturb, distress: nationes: Furiis agitatus Orestes, V.: rebus agitatis, in times of disorder: metu atque libidine divorsus agitabatur, was distracted by, S.: te agitet cupido, H.: fidem aut gentīs, to disturb the loyalty, etc., V. — To insult, scoff, rail at, deride, revile: rem militarem: mea fastidia verbis, H.: (poemata) expertia frugis, H.: ea belle agitata ridentur, neatly mocked. — To prosecute, occupy oneself with, engage in, keep going, stir: cuncta, keep active, S.: mutas artes, V.: iocos, O.: eo modo agitabat, ut, etc., so conducted himself, S.: scaenis agitatus Orestes, i. e. represented, V.—To pursue, consider, deliberate on, meditate: secum multum, S.: haec mecum, H.: in animo bellum, L.: agitare coepit, si posset, etc., L.: ut mente agitaret, bellum renovare, N. — To discuss, debate, sift, investigate: oratori omnia tractata, agitata, i. e. sifted, discussed: omnia ex tabulis, by the accounts: senatus de secessione plebis agitat, L. — Impers: Romae de facto agitari, there were discussions, S.
Origins
From agō (“do, act, make”) + -itō (frequentative suffix). See actus.
Descendants
- Catalanagitar
- Englishagitate
- Frenchagiter
- Romanianagitafrom French agiter
- Italianagitare
- Portugueseagitar
- Spanishagitar
- Finnishagitoida
- Galicianaxitar
- Piedmonteseagité