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agĭlis, e, adj. [ago].
- I. Pass., that can be easily moved, easily movable (mostly poet.; not in Cic.): qui restitissent agili classi naves tormenta machinasque portantes? Liv. 30, 10: haec querulas agili percurrit pollice chordas, Ov. Am. 2, 4, 27: factus inops agili peragit freta caerula remo, id. H. 15, 65; so, agilis rota, id. P. 2, 10, 34: aër agilior et tenuior, Sen. Q. N. 2, 10 al.
- II. Act.
- A. That moves easily or quickly; nimble, agile, quick, rapid: sic tibi secretis agilis dea saltibus adsit, swift or fleet-footed Diana, Ov. H. 4, 169: sic super agilis Cyllenius, swift-flying, id. M. 2, 720.
Also of things, quick, sudden: agilem dari facilemque victoriam, Sisenn. ap. Non. 58, 1: argumentatio agilior et acrior et instantior, Quint. 11, 3, 164 al.
- B. With the accessory idea of activity, quick, hasty, or precipitate in action; prompt, active, busy (with direct reference to the action, and hence used of inanimate things; while sedulus, diligent, assiduous, regards more the state of mind; both, however, refer to the simple idea of mobility, Doed. Syn. 1, 122; cf. Front. Differ. 2203 P.): Nunc agilis fio et mersor civilibus undis, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 16 (= negotiosus, πρακτικός, Schol.): oderunt Sedatum celeres, agilem gnavumque remissi, id. ib. 1, 18, 90: ipse quid audes? Quae circumvolitas agilis thyma, busy, id. ib. 1, 3, 21: vir navus, agilis, providus, Vell. 2, 105; Ov. F. 2, 516 (opp. ignavus); id. Am. 1, 9, 45: animus agilis et pronus ad motus, Sen. Tranq. 2.
Comp., Sen. Ep. 74.
Sup., as given by Prisc. p. 606 P., and Charis. p. 89, is agillĭmus; but Charis. p. 162, agilissĭmus; both forms, however, are given without examples; cf. Rudd. I. p. 171, n. 12.
Adv.: ăgĭlĭter, Amm. 14, 2; 28, 2.
Comp., Col. 2, 2.
ăgĭlĭtas, ātis, f. [agilis], the condition of agilis, mobility, nimbleness, activity, quickness, fleetness, agility.
- I. Lit.: navium, Liv. 26, 51: rotarum, Curt. 4, 6: cursus et agilitas alicujus, mobility, Quint. 11, 3, 180.
- II. Trop.: agilitas, ut ita dicam, mollitiaque naturae, * Cic. Att. 1, 17, 4.
ăgĭlĭter, adv., v. agilis.
ăgīna, ae, f. [ago], the opening in the upper part of a balance, in which the tongue moves (agitur), Paul. ex Fest. p. 10 Müll.; cf. also Tert. adv. Herm. 41; Pudic. 9.
Hence, ‡ ăgīnātōres dicuntur, qui parvo lucro moventur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 10 Müll.
‡ ăgĭpēs, pĕdis, m. [ago-pes], in Lucilius = pedarius senator, a senator who silently passes over to him for or with whom he intends to vote, Fest. s. v. pedarium, p. 210 Müll.; agipes ut vocem mittere coepit, Lucil. p. 145 Müll.
Āgis, ĭdis (acc. Agin, Cic. Off. 2, 23, 80), m., = Ἀγις.
- I. A king of Sparta, murdered by his own subjects, Cic. Off. 2, 23, 80; cf. Plut. Agis.
- II. Brother of Agesilaus and son of Archidamus, Nep. Ages. 1, 4.
- III. A Lycian, Verg. A. 10, 751.
* ăgĭtābĭlis, e, adj. [agito], that can be easily moved, easily movable (as an epitheton ornans of the air), light: aër, Ov. M. 1, 75.
ăgĭtātĭo, ōnis, f. [agito], the state of being in motion, motion, movement, agitation (in good class. prose).
- I. Lit.: agitationes fluctuum, Cic. Mur. 17: agitatio et motus linguae, id. N. D. 2, 54: lecticae, Liv. 27, 29: agitatione agitabitur terra, Vulg. Isa. 24, 20.
- II. Trop. (mostly in philos. lang.), activity: numquam animus agitatione et motu esse vacuus potest, Cic. Div. 2, 62, 128: adhibenda est actio quaedam, non solum mentis agitatio, contemplation, thought, id. Off. 1, 5 fin.: magnarum rerum agitatio et administratio, id. Inv. 2, 54: studiorum, prosecution, id. Sen. 7: opus est sapienti agitatione virtutum, the practice, exercise, Sen. Ep. 109: agitatione rerum ad virtutem capessendam excitari, Val. Max. 7, 2, 1.
ăgĭtātor, ōris, m. [agito], pr.
- I. he that puts a thing in motion; used exclusively of those who drive animals (asses, horses, etc.), a driver (cf. agaso): agitator aselli, poet. for a peasant, Verg. G. 1, 273: equorum Achillis, i. e. the charioteer, id. A. 2, 476: sustineat currum ut bonu’ saepe agitator equosque, Lucil. p. 154 Müll.
Hence,
- II. Esp., a charioteer, a combatant in the games of the circus, Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 50: ego ut agitator callidus, priusquam ad finem veniam, equos sustinebo, Cic. Ac. 2, 20; Suet. Calig. 55; so Inscr. Orell. 2593 sq.: agitatores consopiti sunt, Vulg. Nah. 2, 3.
ăgĭtātrix, īcis, f. [agitator], she that puts a thing in motion (late Lat.): silvarum agitatrix Diana, i. e. huntress, Arn. 4, p. 141.
Trop., App. Dogm. Plat. 1, p. 6, 15 Elm.
ăgĭtātus, ūs, m. [agito], a state of motion, a being in motion, movement, agitation (only ante- and post-class.).
- I. Lit., Varr. L. L. 5, § 12 Müll. dub. (Müll. reads: ubi id agitatur); id. ib. 6, § 41 Müll.: anima corpori praestat agitatum, Macr. Somn. Scip. 2, 12: si agitatu suo aquam moverit, id. Sat. 7, 8.
- II. Trop.: mentis, activity, Varr. L. L. 6, § 42 Müll.
ăgĭto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a. [ago], as if the supine were agitu; cf.: quaero quaerito.
- I. Lit., to put a thing in motion, to drive or impel (mostly poet., or in more elevated prose; from poetry it passed, after the Aug. per., into common prose).
- A. Of cattle, to drive, conduct (cf. ago): calcari quadrupedem agitabo advorsum clivom, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 118: stimulo boves agitat, Vulg. Eccli. 38, 26: hanc in curru bijugos agitare leones, drives her span of lions, Lucr. 2, 602: agitantur quadrigae, Varr. L. L. 6, § 41 Müll.: ad flumina currus, Verg. G. 3, 18: jussit agitari currum suum, Vulg. 2 Macc. 9, 4: lanigeros greges hirtasque capellas, to drive, poet. for to tend, Verg. G. 3, 287: sacros jugales (dracones), Ov. M. 5, 661: quadrigas bigasque et equos desultorios, Suet. Caes. 39.
- B. Of the motion of other things, to move, impel, shake: triremem in portu, Nep. Dion, 9, 2: alas, Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 21: manibusque leves agitavit habenas, id. M. 7, 221: hastam, id. ib. 3, 667: caput, to move the head (in token of assent = annuere), id. ib. 1, 567: arundinem vento agitatam, Vulg. Matt. 11, 7.
Esp., of animals, to hunt, chase, pursue: etiamsi excitaturus non sis nec agitaturus feras, Cic. Off. 3, 17: aquila insectans alias aves atque agitans, id. Div. 2, 70: trepidas columbas, Ov. M. 5, 606; 11, 300: damas, id. ib. 10, 539: cursu timidos onagros, Verg. G. 3, 409 al.
- C. Of the motion caused by the wind, to drive to and fro, toss about, agitate, disturb: ventus enim fit, ubi est agitando percitus aër, when the air is violently agitated and driven, Lucr. 6, 686: mare ventorum vi agitari atque turbari, Cic. Clu. 49 fin.; id. Univ. 3, 7: freta ponti Incipiunt agitata tumescere, Verg. G. 1, 357: aristas, Ov. A. A. 1, 553: Zephyris agitata Tempe, Hor. C. 3, 1, 24: ventis agitatur pinus, id. ib. 2, 10, 9: veteres agitantur orni, id. ib. 1, 9, 12: agitaret aura capillos, id. Epod. 15, 9.
- D. Of the motion caused by the water: agitata numina Trojae, tossed or driven about upon the sea, Verg. A. 6, 68; Prop. 3, 21, 5.
- E. In gen., of the motion caused by other things: magnes (lapis) agitat (ferri ramenta) per aes, Lucr. 6, 1054: agitari inter se concursu, Cic. N. D. 1, 39: pulsu externo agitari, Macr Somn. Scip. 9.
Poet. of mist, to produce it by motion or agitation: dejectuque (Peneus) gravi tenues agitantia fumos Nubila conducit, and by its impetuous descent (into the valley) raises clouds producing mist, Ov. M. 1, 571
- II. Trop.
- A. To rouse up, excite, move, urge, drive, impel one to something: aliquem, sometimes in aliquid (so in Florus very freq.): in furias agitantur equae, are excited to fury, Ov. A. A. 2, 487: agitare plebem, to stir up, rouse, Liv. 3, 11: populum, Flor. 2, 12, 2; so id. 11, 6, 2 al.: agitatus cupiditate regni, id. 3, 1: gens sacratis legibus agitata in exitium urbis, id. 1, 16, 7.
- B. To disquiet, disturb, to drive hither and thither, to vex, trouble, torment (the fig. taken from the sea agitated by storm; cf. Gernh. and Beier upon Cic. Off. 1, 24, 82): dii deaeque te agitant irati, Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 115: atra bilis agitat hominem, id. Capt. 3, 4, 64; so id. Curc. 1, 1, 92; 2, 1, 24: ut eos agitent furiae, neque usquam consistere patiantur, Cic. Rosc. Am. 24 (cf. Verg. A. 3, 331: scelerum furiis agitatus Orestes, id. ib. 4, 471): suum quemque scelus agitat amentiaque afficit, id. ib. 24: agitare et insequi poëtas, Tac. Or. 4; 25 and 41: multis injuriis jactata atque agita ta, Cic. Quint. 2: est magni viri, rebus agitatis (= perturbatis, Beier) punire sontes, id. Off. 1, 24, 82: agitabatur animus inopiā rei familiaris et conscientiā scelerum, Sall. C. 5, 7: quos conscientia defectionis agitabat, Tac. Agr. 16: commotus metu atque libidine diversus agitabatur, was drawn in different directions, Sall. J 25, 6; Liv. 22, 12. ne te semper inops agitet vexetque cupido, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 98: quos agitabat timor, Tac. Agr. 16: timore et metu agitati, Vulg. Judith, 15, 1: injuriis agitatus, Flor. 1, 8, 7: seditionibus, Just. 12, 4, 12.
- C. To assail with reproach, derision, insult; to reprove, blame, scoff, deride, insult, mock: agitat rem militarem, insectatur totam legationem, attacks, ridicules, Cic. Mur. 9, 21; id. Brut. 28, 109: mea saevis agitat fastidia verbis, Hor Epod. 12, 13; without verbis: agitant expertia frugis, id. A. P. 341: vesanum poëtam agitant pueri, id. ib. 456.
- D. In gen., to drive or urge on a thing, to accomplish or do, to drive at, to be employed in, be engaged in, to have, hold, keep, to celebrate; v. ago, II. D. (in the historians, esp. Sallust, very freq.): Haec ego non agitem? should I not drive at? Juv. 1, 52: vigilias, to keep, Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 27; so, custodiam, id. Rud. 3, 6, 20; so Tac. A. 11, 18: hoc agitemus convivium vino et sermone suavi, let us celebrate, Plaut. As. 5, 1, 7: Dionysia, Ter. Heaut. 4, 4, 11; so id. Hec. 1, 2, 18: convivia, Ov. M. 7, 431; Suet. Claud. 32 festa gaudia, Sil. 15, 423: meum natalem, Plaut. Pers. 5, 1, 16; so festos dies, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 63: jocos, Ov. M. 3, 319: agraria lex a Flavio tribuno plebis vehementer agitabatur, was powerfully urged, supportcd, Cic. Att. 1, 19: quae cum praecepta parentis mei agitarem, was striving to comply with, Sall. J. 14, 2 (modestius dictum pro: studere, ut agerem, Cort.): laeti pacem agitabamus, were at peace, enjoyed the delights of peace, id. ib. 14, 10: dicit se missum a consule venisse quaesitum ab eo, pacem an bellum agitaturus foret, id. ib. 109, 2: quoniam deditionis morā induciae agitabantur, there was a truce, id. ib. 29, 4; id. C. 24, 2.
Poet.: ceu primas agitant acies, certamina miscent, as if they formed the front rank, Sil. 9, 330.
Hence of time, esp. life, to pass, spend (cf. ago, II. D 5.): vita hominum sine cupiditate agitabatur, Sall. C. 2, 1: agitare aevum, Verg. G. 4, 154; id. A. 10, 235: festos dies, Tac. H. 3, 78.
In Sall., Tac., Flor., et al., agitare absol., to live, dwell, abide, sojourn, be: hi propius mare Africum agitabant, Sall. J 18, 9; cf id. ib. 19, 5; id. Fragm. H. 3, 11; so id. J. 54, 2; 59, 1; 94, 4: laeti Germant agitabant, Tac. A. 1, 50: secretus agitat, id. ib. 11, 21: montium editis sine cultu atque eo ferocius agitabant, id. ib. 4, 46; Flor. 4, 12, 48.
- E. Of the mind: agitare aliquid or de aliquā re (in corde, in mente, animo, cum animo, secum, etc.), to drive at a thing in the mind, i. e. to turn over, revolve, to weigh, consider, meditate upon, and with the idea of action to be performed or a conclusion to be made, to deliberate upon, to devise, contrive, plot, to be occupied with, to design, intend, etc.: id ego semper mecum sic agito et comparo, Att ap. Non. 256, 20: quom eam rem in corde agito, Plaut. Truc 2, 5, 3: id agitans mecum, Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 10; so Sall. J. 113, 3: habet nihil aliud quod agitet in mente, Cic. N. D. 1, 41: est tuum sic agitare animo, ut, etc., id. Fam. 6, 1: quae omnes animo agitabant, Tac. A. 6, 9: provincias secretis imaginationibus agitans, id. ib. 15, 36 in animo bellum, Liv 21, 2; Vell. 1, 16; Quint. 12, 2, 28.
With inf., as object: ut mente agitaret bellum renovare, Nep. Ham. 1, 4.
Poet.: aliquid jamdudum invadere magnum Mens agitat mihi, Verg. A 9, 187.
Sometimes also without mente, animo, and the like, agitare aliquid, in the same signif: quodsi ille hoc unum agitare coeperit, esse, etc., Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 96: rem a me saepe deliberatam et multum agitatam requiris, id. Ac. 1, 2: oratori omnia quaesita, disputata, tractata, agitata (well considered or weighed) esse debent, id. de Or. 3, 14: fugam, Verg. A. 2, 640.
So esp. freq. in Tac.: Britanni agitare inter se mala servitutis, Agr 15: bellum adversus patrem agitare, id. H. 4, 86, id. A. 1, 5; 1, 12.
With de: de bello, Tac. H. 2, 1: agitanti de Claudio, id. A. 6, 46: de tempore ac loco caedis agitabant, id. ib. 15, 50; 1, 12; id. H. 4, 59.
With num: agitavere, num Messalinam depellerent amore Silli, Tac. A. 11, 29; id. H. 1, 19.
With -ne: agitavere placeretne, etc., Tac. H. 3, 1.
With an: an Artaxata pergeret, agitavit, Tac. A. 13, 41
With quomodo, Tac. A. 2, 12.
With ut (of purpose): ut Neronem pudor caperet, insita spe agitari, Tac. A. 16, 26.
- F. To treat or speak of or concerning a thing, to confer about, deliberate upon. Romae per omnīs locos et conventus de facto consulis agitart (impers., for agitabatur), discussions were had, Sall. J 30, 1; cum de foedere victor agitaret, Liv. 9, 5; 30, 3.
- * G. Sat agitare, with gen., in Plaut., = sat agere, to have enough to do, to have trouble with: nunc agitas sat tute tuarum rerum, Bacch. 4, 3, 23.