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moveō mōvī, mōtus, ēre

1 MV-, to move, stir, set in motion, shake, disturb, remove : tanti oneris turrim, Cs.: matrona moveri iussa, to dance , H.: moveri Cyclopa, represent by action , H.: membra ad modos, Tb.: fila sonantia movit, struck , O.: moveri sedibus huic urbi melius est: loco motus cessit, driven back , Cs.: move ocius te, bestir thyself , T.: neque se in ullam partem, attach , Cs.: se ex eo loco, stir from the spot , L.: caput, i. e. threaten with , H.: castra ex eo loco, break up , Cs.: hostem statu, dislodge , L.: heredes, eject : tribu centurionem, expel : signiferos loco, degrade , Cs.: Omne movet urna nomen, H.: senatorio loco, degrade , L.: Verba loco, cancel , H.: consulem de sententiā, dissuade , L.: litteram, to take away : movet arma leo, gives battle , V.: quo sidere moto, at the rising of , O.—Prov.: omnīs terras, omnia maria movere, move heaven and earth (of great exertions).—Of the soil, to stir, plough, break up, open : iugera, V.: mota terra, O.To disturb, violate : triste bidental, H.: Dianae non movenda numina, inviolable , H.To remove oneself, betake oneself, move, be moved, be stirred (sc. se): terra dies duodequadraginta movit, there was an earthquake , L.: movisse a Samo Romanos audivit, L.: voluptas movens, i. e. in motion.—To excite, occasion, cause, promote, produce, begin, commence, undertake : fletum populo: mihi admirationem: indignationem, L.: suspicionem: iam pugna se moverat, was going on , Cu.: cantūs, V.: mentionem rei, make mention , L.: priusquam movere ac moliri quicquam posset, make any disturbance , L.To shake, cause to waver, alter, change : meam sententiam.— To disturb, concern, trouble, torment : moveat cimex Pantilius? H.: voltum movetur, changes countenance , V.: vis aestūs omnium ferme corpora movit, L.: venenum praecordia movit, O.: strepitu fora, Iu.To stir, produce, put forth : de palmite gemma movetur, O.To exert, exercise : movisse numen ad alqd deos, L.: artis opem, O.To change, transform : quorum Forma semel mota est, O.: nihil motum ex antiquo, i. e. change in traditional custom , L.—Fig., to move, influence, affect, excite, inspire : nil nos dos movet, T.: beneficiis moveri, Cs.: moveri civitas coepit, S.: ut pulcritudo corporis movet oculos et delectat, charms : animos ad bellum, instigate , L.: feroci iuveni animum, stir , L.: Vestrā motus prece, H.: moverat plebem oratio consulis, had stirred , L.: absiste moveri, be not disturbed , V.: ut captatori moveat fastidia, excites nausea in , Iu.To revolve, meditate, ponder : Multa movens animo, V.

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