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Latin
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Etymology
From con- (“with, together”) + moveō (“move”).
Pronunciation
Verb
commoveō (present infinitive commovēre, perfect active commōvī, supine commōtum); second conjugation
- to move something in violent motion, move; shake, stir, shift, agitate
- to remove something from somewhere, carry away, displace
- (by extension) to start, set in motion, stimulate, begin, move
- (figuratively) to drive back, dislodge, refute, confute
- (figuratively) to throw into disorder, unbalance, unsettle, disturb
- (figuratively) to excite, rouse, stir up, affect, influence, produce, generate
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References
- “commoveo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “commoveo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- commoveo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to be moved by a thing: aliqua re moveri, commoveri
- to touch a person's heart, move him: alicuius animum commovere
- to cause a person pain: dolorem alicui facere, afferre, commovere
- to cause oneself to be expected: exspectationem sui facere, commovere
- to excite some one's pity: misericordiam alicui commovere