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* 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).

  1. 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.
  2. 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.

  1. 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,
  2. 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.).

  1. 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.
  2. II. Trop.: mentis, activity, Varr. L. L. 6, § 42 Müll.