agito

See also: agitó and agitò

English

The Paralympic symbol consists of three agitos.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin agitō (“I chase”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ag‧i‧to

Noun

agito (plural agitos)

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

Anagrams

• Tagoi, Tioga

Catalan

Verb

agito

1. first-person singular present indicative of agitar

Esperanto

Noun

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

1. singular past nominal passive participle of agi

Ido

Verb

agito

1. singular nominal past passive participle of agar

Italian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

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

Participle

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

1. past participle of agire

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.d͡ʒi.to/
• Rhymes: -adʒito
• Hyphenation: à‧gi‧to

Verb

agito

1. first-person singular present indicative of agitare

Anagrams

• Gaito

Latin

FWOTD – 14 November 2014

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɡi.toː/, [ˈäɡɪt̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.d͡ʒi.to/, [ˈäːd͡ʒit̪o]

Etymology 1

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

Verb

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

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.

Derived terms

• agitābilis
• agitātiō
• agitātor
• agitātus
• cōgitō
• peragitō
• subigitō

 

Related terms

• agō

Descendants

• Catalan: agitar
• → English: agitate
• → Finnish: agitoida
• French: agiter
  • → Romanian: agita
• Galician: axitar
• Italian: agitare
• Piedmontese: agité
• Portuguese: agitar
• Spanish: agitar

Etymology 2

Verb

agitō

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

References

• “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, 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

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈʒi.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈʒi.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈʒi.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈʒi.tu/

Etymology 1

Deverbal from agitar.

Noun

agito m (plural agitos)

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

   Synonym: agitação

Etymology 2

Verb

agito

1. first-person singular present indicative of agitar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈxito/ [aˈxi.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ito
• Syllabification: a‧gi‧to
• Homophone: ajito

Verb

agito

1. first-person singular present indicative of agitar