I.unmoved, immovable, motionless (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
I. Lit.: “(illa arbor) immota manet,” Verg. G. 2, 293: “(Ceres) Sub Jove duravit multis immota diebus,” Ov. F. 4, 505: “supercilia (opp. mobilia),” Quint. 11, 3, 79: “sceptrum,” id. ib. § 158: “aquae,” i. e. frozen, Ov. Tr. 3, 10, 38: “aër,” Plin. 17, 24, 36, § 222: “apum examina,” Col. 9, 4, 19: “serenus et immotus dies,” calm, Tac. H. 1, 86; Plin. Ep. 2, 7, 6; id. Pan. 82: “terrarum pondus sedet immotum,” Sen. Prov. 1, 2: “mare,” id. Suas. 1, 1: “cervix,” id. ib. 6, 17: “legio,” Tac. A. 14, 37: “vultus,” id. ib. 2, 29. —
II. Trop., unmoved, unshaken, undisturbed, steadfast, firm: “mens immota manet,” Verg. A. 4, 449: “manent immota tuorum Fata tibi,” id. ib. 1, 257; cf.: “immota manet fatis Lavinia conjux,” id. ib. 7, 314: “immotas praebet mugitibus aures,” unmoved, Ov. M. 15, 465: “nympha procis,” Val. Fl. 5, 112: “adversus turmas acies,” Liv. 10, 14, 16; 21, 55, 10: “immotus iis,” Tac. A. 15, 59: “immota aut modice lacessita pax,” id. ib. 4, 32: “fides sociis,” Val. Fl. 3, 598: “felicis animi immota tranquillitas, Sen. de Ira, 2, 12, 6: constantia,” id. Const. 5, 4: “gaudium,” id. Vit. Beat. 4, 5: “animus,” Lact. 6, 17, 22.— In neutr.: “si mihi non animo fixum immotumque sederet, Ne, etc.,” immovable, unchangeable, Verg. A. 4, 15; so with an object-clause: “immotum adversus eos sermones fixumque Tiberio fuit non omittere caput rerum,” Tac. A. 1, 47.
