stir (v.) Copy link Outline A. Trans.I. Lit.II. Fig.1. commŏveo, mōvi, mōtum, 22. mŏveo, mōvi, mōtum, 23. exăgĭto, 14. misceo, ui, mixtum, 25. arrĭgo, exi, ectum, 3B. Intrans. • stir (v.): A. Trans.: I. Lit.: To move: mŏvēre, commŏvēre, de loco mŏvēre: v. move. Phr.: the sea is s.'d and agitated by the winds, ventorum vi agitatur atque turbatur mare, Cic. Clu. 42, 138: to s. up the fire, ignem suscitare, Ov. M. 8, 641: cf. sopitos suscitat ignes (he s.s up), Virg. Aen. 5, 743: v. poke: to s. up with a spoon, tudicula miscere, Plin. 34, 18, 54: to s. up with a wooden ladle, rutabulo ligneo peragitare, id. 12, 24, 4. II. Fig.: To excite, move: 1. commŏveo, mōvi, mōtum, 2: to be exceedingly s.'d by a thing, vehementer aliqua re commoveri, Caes. B. G. 1, 37. 2. mŏveo, mōvi, mōtum, 2: the consul's speech had s.'d the people, moverat plebem oratio consulis, Liv. 3, 20: to s. up one to war, aliquem ad bellum m., id. 35, 12. 3. exăgĭto, 1: to s. up the common people, vulgum exag., Sall. J. 73. 4. misceo, ui, mixtum, 2: to s. up seditions, seditiones m., Tac. H. 4, 68. 5. arrĭgo, exi, ectum, 3: Marius had s.'d them up with his speech, eos oratione Marius arrexerat, Sall. J. 84: v. excite, arouse. B. Intrans.: mŏvēri, se mŏvēre: v. move. Phr.: he did not s. a step from his own house, pedem non extulit domo sua, Cic. Att. 6, 8.