I.the state of being in motion, motion, movement, agitation (in good class. prose).
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.—
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.