What is the Latin word for agoing?

The usual Latin words for “agoing” are moveō, auspicor, auctor. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

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“agoing” in Latin

moveōto move, stir, set in motion; to disturb, shake, remove; to arouse, excite, promote, produce auspicorto take the auspices; to begin or undertake under good auspices; to begin, undertake, enter upon auctorseller, vendor; author, originator; sponsor, advocate

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

agoing

To set agoing, movere (to set in motion): initium facere: auspicari (aliquid: to make a beginning; as a trial, as it were, of one’s luck): (alicui) auctorem, or suasorem et auctorem, or hortatorem et auctorem esse alicujus rei (to be the principal adviser of it).

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for agoing?: The usual Latin words for “agoing” are moveō, auspicor, auctor. 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.