move (v.) Copy link Outline A. Trans.I. To cause change of place1. mŏveo, mōvi, tum, 22. ăgĭto, 1 (to m. quickly, shake about)II. Special phr., to m. the bowelsIII. To affect the feelings mŏveo, 2IV. To influenceB. Intrans.I. To be in motionII. To remove from a place1. mŏveo, 2 (with pron. refl.)2. migro, 1 (to change one's abode)III. To make a motion in an assembly • move (v.): A. Trans.: I. To cause change of place: 1. mŏveo, mōvi, tum, 2: Cic.: Virg.: pass. Also comp. commŏveo, 2 (to m. about, put in commotion): v. to stir. 2. ăgĭto, 1 (to m. quickly, shake about): v. to shake. Phr.: to m. heaven and earth, manibus pedibus obnixe omnia facere, Ter. Andr. 1, 1, 134: or perh. superos inferosque deos (ut aiunt) movere, tentare (cf. Virg. Aen. 7, 312, flectere si nequeo superos Acheronta movebo): or without a figure, omnia experiri, Ter. Andr. 2, 1, 11. II. Special phr., to m. the bowels: alvum dejicere, Cato R. R. 158; solvere, Cels. 1, 3, ad fin., elicere, Plin. 19, 5, 26 § 80. III. To affect the feelings mŏveo, 2: to m. the feelings of judges, animos judicum m., Quint. 6, 2, 1: to m. the (Roman) people to tears, m. fletum populo, Cic. de Or. 1, 53, 228: to m. any one's ill-temper, alicui stomachum m., id. Mur. 13, 28. Comp. commoveo, 2 (stronger than simple verb, and very freq. in this sense): to m. (work upon the feelings of) courts, judicia c., id. de Or. 2, 45, 189: to be m.d by any one's sufferings and dangers, alicujus miseriis ac periculis commoveri, id. Font. 16, 36. See also to excite. Phr.: to m. any one to pity, aliquem ad misericordiam deducere, adducere, Cic. de Or. 2, 45, 189: I am m.d to pity, me miseret (with gen. of exciting cause): v. to pity. IV. To influence: mŏveo, permŏveo; impello: v. to influence, induce. B. Intrans.: I. To be in motion: mŏveor, 2 (pass. refl.): that which m.s of itself, quod ipsum ex se sua sponte movetur, Cic. N. D. 2, 12, 32: the clods began to m., glebae coepere moveri, Ov. M. 3, 106: also act. voice, with pron. refl.: to be ever m.ing, semper se movere, Cic. N. D. 1, 13, 33. (Not commoveri or commovere se in this sense.) II. To remove from a place: 1. mŏveo, 2 (with pron. refl.): he instructed them not to m. from the spot, praecepit eis, ne se ex eo loco moverent, Liv. 34, 20, med.: so with ellipsis of se, esp. in describing military movements: Hannibal m.d from his winter-quarters, Hannibal ex hibernis movit, Liv. 22, init. In same usage, se commovere (rather stronger than simple verb; to stir): Caes. B. G. 3, 15. 2. migro, 1 (to change one's abode): v. to remove (intrans.). III. To make a motion in an assembly: fĕro (before the people), rĕfĕro (before the senate), censeo (denoting the formal expression of an opinion): v. motion (III., Phr.).