agito

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See also: agitó and agitò

English[edit]

The Paralympic symbol consists of three agitos.

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin agitō (“I chase”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: ag‧i‧to

Noun[edit]

agito (plural agitos)

  1. An asymmetric crescent that is a symbol of the Paralympic movement.

Anagrams[edit]

Catalan[edit]

Verb[edit]

agito

  1. first-person singular present indicative of agitar

Esperanto[edit]

Noun[edit]

agito (accusative singular agiton, plural agitoj, accusative plural agitojn)

  1. singular past nominal passive participle of agi

Ido[edit]

Verb[edit]

agito

  1. singular nominal past passive participle of agar

Italian[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /aˈd͡ʒi.to/
  • Rhymes: -ito
  • Hyphenation: a‧gì‧to

Participle[edit]

agito (feminine agita, masculine plural agiti, feminine plural agite)

  1. past participle of agire

Etymology 2[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

agito

  1. first-person singular present indicative of agitare

Anagrams[edit]

Latin[edit]

FWOTD – 14 November 2014

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From agō (“do, act, make”) +‎ -itō (frequentative suffix). See actus.

Verb[edit]

agitō (present infinitive agitāre, perfect active agitāvī, supine agitātum); first conjugation

  1. to act, behave, do, or make persistently or unremittingly
  2. to put something in motion, drive, impel; drive by rowing, row about; shake, throb
  3. to brandish, wield
  4. (of cattle) to drive, conduct; tend, control
  5. (of animals) to hunt, chase, pursue
  6. to drive to and fro, toss about, agitate, disturb, churn
    • 43 BCE – c. 17 CE, Ovid, The Heroines 7:
      mare, quale vides agitāri nunc quoque ventis.
      The sea, the sort you now see, also churned up by the winds.
  7. to rouse or stir up, excite, move, urge, drive or impel someone to something, insist on
  8. to disturb, disquiet, provoke, agitate, vex, trouble, torment
    Synonyms: fatīgō, turbō, perturbō, sollicitō, angō, concitō, percieō, concieō, cieō, disturbō, īnfestō, irrītō, stimulō, lacessō, ēvertō, peragō, moveō, occīdō, agō, versō, ūrō
    Antonym: cōnsōlor
    • 9 CE, Ovid, The Ibis 159:
      Hīs vīvus Furiīs agitābere, mortuus īsdem.
      You'll be tormented by these Furies while alive, and when dead by the same.
  9. to reprove, assail, blame, decry, scoff, deride, insult, mock
  10. to be engaged in, do, accomplish, have, hold, keep; celebrate; practise, exercise
  11. (of time) to pass, spend
  12. to live, dwell, abide, sojourn
  13. (of the mind) to drive at something in the mind; turn over, study, weigh, consider, meditate upon
  14. (of the mind) to be occupied with, devise, contrive, plot, design, intend
  15. to deliberate upon, confer about, discuss, debate, investigate
  16. (with sat (enough) and genitive) to have enough to do, have trouble with, to be fully engaged in
Conjugation[edit]
   Conjugation of agitō (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present agitō agitās agitat agitāmus agitātis agitant
imperfect agitābam agitābās agitābat agitābāmus agitābātis agitābant
future agitābō agitābis agitābit agitābimus agitābitis agitābunt
perfect agitāvī agitāvistī,
agitāstī1 		agitāvit,
agitāt1 		agitāvimus,
agitāmus1 		agitāvistis,
agitāstis1 		agitāvērunt,
agitāvēre,
agitārunt1
pluperfect agitāveram,
agitāram1 		agitāverās,
agitārās1 		agitāverat,
agitārat1 		agitāverāmus,
agitārāmus1 		agitāverātis,
agitārātis1 		agitāverant,
agitārant1
future perfect agitāverō,
agitārō1 		agitāveris,
agitāris1 		agitāverit,
agitārit1 		agitāverimus,
agitārimus1 		agitāveritis,
agitāritis1 		agitāverint,
agitārint1
passive present agitor agitāris,
agitāre 		agitātur agitāmur agitāminī agitantur
imperfect agitābar agitābāris,
agitābāre 		agitābātur agitābāmur agitābāminī agitābantur
future agitābor agitāberis,
agitābere 		agitābitur agitābimur agitābiminī agitābuntur
perfect agitātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect agitātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect agitātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present agitem agitēs agitet agitēmus agitētis agitent
imperfect agitārem agitārēs agitāret agitārēmus agitārētis agitārent
perfect agitāverim,
agitārim1 		agitāverīs,
agitārīs1 		agitāverit,
agitārit1 		agitāverīmus,
agitārīmus1 		agitāverītis,
agitārītis1 		agitāverint,
agitārint1
pluperfect agitāvissem,
agitāssem1 		agitāvissēs,
agitāssēs1 		agitāvisset,
agitāsset1 		agitāvissēmus,
agitāssēmus1 		agitāvissētis,
agitāssētis1 		agitāvissent,
agitāssent1
passive present agiter agitēris,
agitēre 		agitētur agitēmur agitēminī agitentur
imperfect agitārer agitārēris,
agitārēre 		agitārētur agitārēmur agitārēminī agitārentur
perfect agitātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect agitātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — agitā — — agitāte —
future — agitātō agitātō — agitātōte agitantō
passive present — agitāre — — agitāminī —
future — agitātor agitātor — — agitantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives agitāre agitāvisse,
agitāsse1 		agitātūrum esse agitārī agitātum esse agitātum īrī
participles agitāns — agitātūrus — agitātus agitandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
agitandī agitandō agitandum agitandō agitātum agitātū

1At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

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Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

agitō

  1. second/third-person singular future active imperative of agō

References[edit]

  • “agito”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “agito”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • agito in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • there is a storm at sea: mare ventorum vi agitatur et turbatur
    • to make a horse prance: agitare equum
    • to be affected by some external impulse, by external impressions: pulsu externo, adventicio agitari
    • to think over, consider a thing: agitare (in) mente or (in) animo aliquid
    • to be tormented by remorse: (mens scelerum furiis agitatur)
    • the Furies harass and torment some one: Furiae agitant et vexant aliquem

Portuguese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

 

Etymology 1[edit]

Deverbal from agitar.

Noun[edit]

agito m (plural agitos)

  1. (colloquial) a party with lively dancing
  2. agitation (the state of being agitated)
    Synonym: agitação

Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

agito

  1. first-person singular present indicative of agitar

Spanish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

agito

  1. first-person singular present indicative of agitar
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