rock (v.) Copy link Outline A. Trans.1. mŏveo, 22. ăgĭto, 13. jacto, 1B. Intrans.1. vībro, 12. văcillo, 13. mŏveor, 2 (refl. pass.)4. nūto, 1 (to nod; oft. as preparatory to falling) • rock (v.): A. Trans.: 1. mŏveo, 2: cf. Mart. 3, 40, 1. Also frequent. mōto, 1: to r. their tops (of oaks), m. cacumina, Virg. E. 6, 28. 2. ăgĭto, 1: (the huge pine) is r.'d by winds, ventis agitatur, Hor. Od. 2, 10, 9. 3. jacto, 1: v. to toss. B. Intrans.: 1. vībro, 1: the earth trembles and r.s, terra tremit vibratque, Plin. H. N. 2, 80, 82, and 82, 84. 2. văcillo, 1: Lucr. 5, 1235: with his whole body r.ing from side to side, in utramque partem toto corpore vacillante, Cic. Brut. 60, 216. 3. mŏveor, 2 (refl. pass.): the tops of the woods began to r., juga coepta m. silvarum, Virg. Aen. 6, 256. 4. nūto, 1 (to nod; oft. as preparatory to falling): towers shaken r., quassae nutant turres, Lucan 6, 136.