STIR Copy link • STIR 1. v. Transitively, movere: excitare. To stir the fire, ignem languentem excitare (cf., Caes., B.G., 7, 24); ignem exstinctum suscitare (after Ov., A.A., 3, 597): to stir with a ladle or spoon, rudicula peragitare; rudicula or rudiculis miscere: to stir up [Vid. AROUSE, EXITE]. Intransitively, moveri: se movere. 2. s. tumultus: turbae, plur. [Vid: also, CONFUSION]. To make a stir about anything, about nothing, etc., multum in agendo discursare (Quint.): jactare, venditare aliquid; aliquid mirifice extollere, or miris laudibus efferre (to praise highly and officiously).