MOTION Copy link • MOTIONs. Movement, motus (in almost all the senses of the English word): motio (a putting in motion): agitatio (a moving to and fro): jactatus, jactatio (a fluctuating motion; e.g., of the sea): concussus, concussio (a violent shaking motion): machinatio (artificial motion): motion of the body, corporis motus; agitatio motusque corporis (of the body and of the hands), corporis motio et gestus: to be in motion, moveri; agitari (to be driven backward and forward): to be in constant, perpetual motion, semper esse in motu; sempiterno motu praeditum esse (e.g., of the heavenly bodies): to set in motion [Vid: To MOVE, PROP.]: to put in quick or rapid motion, incitare; concitare (to urge on): jactare (to throw about): to receive motion from without, pulsu externo agitari; from within, motu cieri interiore; cieri et agi motu suo; per se ipsum et sua sponte moveri: to have a certain and uniform motion, motu quodam certo et aequabili uti. Impulse, motus; impulsus: of one’s own motion, mea (tua, etc.) sponte. Proposal made, consilium; conditio; actio: to make a motion, conditionem ferre, proponere; ferre aliquid (ad populum): referre aliquid (ad senatum): postulare de re (before a court of justice): to make a motion for a law, ferre legem, rogationem: to make a motion for peace, de pace agere; pacis auctorem or suasorem exsistere: to oppose a motion, actioui summa vi resistere; adversus actionem summa ope anniti: to support a motion, suffragari alicui.