AGITATION Copy link • AGITATIONmotion; 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.