agitation Copy link Outline I. Violent movement1. ăgĭtātĭo2. jactātĭoII. Mental or political disturbance1. commōtĭo a. of mind, c. animi, Cic.2. concĭtātĭo3. perturbātĭo4. tŭmultus, ūs5. trĕpĭdātĭoIII. Discussion, debate • agitation: I. Violent movement: 1. ăgĭtātĭo: the movements and a.s of the waves, motus et agitationes fluctuum, Cic.. Liv. 2. jactātĭo: the soldiers not being yet sufficiently recovered from the a. of the sea, necdum satis refectis ab j. maritima militibus, Liv.: Cic.: v. tossing. II. Mental or political disturbance: 1. commōtĭo a. of mind, c. animi, Cic. 2. concĭtātĭo: more violent mental a.s, c. vehementiores animi, Cic.: Liv. 3. perturbātĭo: I for my part am disturbed by great mental a., equidem sum magna animi p. commotus, Cic. after the death of Caesar, causes of new a.s seemed to be sought for, post interitum Caesaris novarum p. causae quaeri videbantur, Cic. 4. tŭmultus, ūs: the a. of the mind, t. mentis, Hor.: Lucan. 5. trĕpĭdātĭo: was there any a.? any disorder? numquae t.? numqui tumultus? Cic.: Vell. Phr.: the corn-law a., *populi concitatio de legibus frumentariis abrogandis. v. disturbance. III. Discussion, debate: q. v. Phr.: I hear that it is in a. to bring forward a law establishing vote by ballot, *audio id jam moveri ut lex tabellaria feratur.
AGITATION Copy link • AGITATIONmotion; motus (in nearly all the acceptations of the English word “motion”): motio (art of setting in motion): agitatio (the moving to and fro, etc.): jactatus, jactatio (tossing and swelling motion; e.g., of the sea). To be in agitation, moveri, agitari: semper esse in motu (to be in constant motion). Violent motion of the mind: animi motus, commotio, concitatio: violent agitation, animi perturbatio. Vid: AFFECTION. To be in a state of violent agitation, perturbatum esse. Often by participles: in great agitation, valde, vehementer perturbatus: magno animi motu perturbatus: magna animi perturbatione commotus. Controversial discussion: quaestio (general term for an inquiry into): disputatio (discussion of a controverted point, mostly between two persons of differentopinions): tractatio (the handling of; e.g., quaestionem, Quint.). To be in agitation (of plans, etc.), agi. It is in agitation to destroy the bridge, etc., id agitur, ut pons - dissolvatur. Disturbed state of populace: motus, motus concursusque, tumultus, turbae. Act of agitating the people: perhaps sollicitatio plebis.