English → Latin
“agitation” in Latin
moveōto move, stir, set in motion; to disturb, shake, remove; to arouse, excite, promote, producemōtiōmotion, movement; shivering; expedition, military undertakingagitātiōmotion, movement; agitation; activityiactōto throw, cast, hurl; to scatter, toss; to disturb, disquiet, torment, agitate, shockiactātiōshaking, agitationcommōtiōmotion, movement; agitation, commotionconcitātiōhastening; stimulation; impetuosityquaestiōproblem; seeking, search; inquiry, investigation, questioning, questiondisputātiōarguing, reasoning, discussing, debating; argument, debate, dispute; a disputationtractātiōhandling, management, treatment; conduct, behaviour
The English word agitation itself goes back to Latin agō, through agitātiō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
agitation
motion; motus (in nearly all the acceptations of the English word “motion”): motio (art of setting in motion): agitatio (the moving to and fro, etc.): jactatus, jactatio (tossing and swelling motion; e.g., of the sea). To be in agitation, moveri, agitari: semper esse in motu (to be in constant motion).
Violent motion of the mind: animi motus, commotio, concitatio: violent agitation, animi perturbatio. Vid: AFFECTION. To be in a state of violent agitation, perturbatum esse. Often by participles: in great agitation, valde, vehementer perturbatus: magno animi motu perturbatus: magna animi perturbatione commotus.
Controversial discussion: quaestio (general term for an inquiry into): disputatio (discussion of a controverted point, mostly between two persons of differentopinions): tractatio (the handling of; e.g., quaestionem, Quint.). To be in agitation (of plans, etc.), agi. It is in agitation to destroy the bridge, etc., id agitur, ut pons - dissolvatur.
Disturbed state of populace: motus, motus concursusque, tumultus, turbae.
Act of agitating the people: perhaps sollicitatio plebis.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for agitation?
- The usual Latin words for “agitation” are moveō, mōtiō, agitātiō; also iactō, iactātiō, commōtiō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.