moveo

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Latin

Etymology

    From Proto-Italic *moweō, from Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- (to move).[1]

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    moveō (present infinitive movēre, perfect active mōvī, supine mōtum); second conjugation

    1. to move, stir, set in motion
      Synonym: muto
    2. to disturb, shake, remove
    3. to arouse, excite, promote, produce
      Synonyms: excitō, īnstīgō, īnstinguō, exciō, stimulō, sollicitō, percieō, concieō, cieō, concitō, impellō, īnflammō, urgeō, flammō, mōlior, incendō, adhortor, ērigō
      Antonyms: domō, lēniō, sōpiō, sēdō, dēlēniō, restinguō, plācō, coerceō, mītigō, commītigō, ēlevō, levō, allevō, alleviō
    4. to begin, commence, undertake
      Synonyms: incohō, exōrdior, occipiō, incipiō, coepiō, ōrdior, initiō, ineō, ingredior, aggredior, sūmō, committō, exorior
      Antonyms: cessō, subsistō, dēsistō, remittō, trānseō
    5. to excite, inspire, influence
      Synonyms: perpellō, suādeō, persuādeō
      movere animum alicuiusto excite or inspire someone’s mind (for example, enrage him)
    6. to present or offer (an oblation or gift)
      Synonyms: dōnō, condōnō, largior, praebeō, offerō, prōferō, sufferō, afferō, polliceor, obiciō
    7. to trouble, concern, torment (someone)
      Synonyms: fatīgō, sollicitō, agitō, concitō, disturbō, īnfestō, peragō, irrītō, stimulō, occīdō, versō, agō, angō, ūrō
      Antonym: cōnsōlor
    8. to exert, exercise
    9. (of plants) to put forth

    Usage notes

    Nōn moveō means "to stand still."

    Conjugation

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Dalmatian:
    • Gallo-Romance:
      • Old French: movoir (see there for further descendants)
    • Ibero-Romance:

    Reflexes of an assumed variant *movĕre:

    References

    • moveo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • moveo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • moveo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
      • not to stir from one's place: loco or vestigio se non movere
      • to make an impression on the senses: sensus movere (more strongly pellere)
      • to raise a laugh: risum movere, concitare
      • to move to tears: lacrimas or fletum alicui movere
      • to be influenced by, to yield to urgent (abject) entreaty: magnis (infimis) precibus moveri
      • to make a man change his opinion: de sententia aliquem deducere, movere
      • to be moved by a thing: aliqua re moveri, commoveri
      • to be touched with pity: misericordia moveri, capi (De Or. 2. 47)
      • to fill a person with astonishment: admirationem alicui movere
      • to rouse a person's suspicions: suspicionem movere, excitare, inicere, dare alicui
      • to excite a person's wrath: stomachum, bilem alicui movere
      • movable, personal property: res, quae moveri possunt; res moventes (Liv. 5. 25. 6)
      • to overthrow a person (cf. sect. IX. 6): aliquem gradu movere, depellere or de gradu (statu) deicere
      • to expel some one from his tribe: tribu movere aliquem
      • to expel from the senate: senatu movere
      • to cause a war: bellum facere, movere, excitare
      • to begin the march, break up the camp: castra movere
      • to drive the enemy from his position: loco movere, depellere, deicere hostem (B. G. 7. 51)
    • Dizionario Latino, Olivetti
    1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 390-1

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