Latin

Verb

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

1. I move, stir, set in motion
2. I disturb, shake, remove
3. I arouse, excite, promote, produce
4. I begin, commence, undertake
5. I excite, inspire
6. I present or offer (an oblation or gift)
7. I trouble, concern, torment (someone)
8. I exert, exercise
9. (of plants) I put forth

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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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “moveo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (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)