agito

English

The Paralympic symbol consists of three agitos.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin agitō (“I chase”).

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: ag‧i‧to

Noun

agito (plural agitos)

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

Anagrams

Tagoi, Tioga

Catalan

Verb

agito

first-person singular present indicative of agitar

Esperanto

Noun

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

singular past nominal passive participle of agi

Ido

Verb

agito

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)

past participle of agire

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

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

Verb

agito

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

to act, behave, do, or make persistently or unremittingly
to put something in motion, drive, impel; drive by rowing, row about; shake, throb
to brandish, wield
(of cattle) to drive, conduct; tend, control
(of animals) to hunt, chase, pursue
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.
to rouse or stir up, excite, move, urge, drive or impel someone to something, insist on
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.
to reprove, assail, blame, decry, scoff, deride, insult, mock
to be engaged in, do, accomplish, have, hold, keep; celebrate; practise, exercise
(of time) to pass, spend
to live, dwell, abide, sojourn
(of the mind) to drive at something in the mind; turn over, study, weigh, consider, meditate upon
(of the mind) to be occupied with, devise, contrive, plot, design, intend
to deliberate upon, confer about, discuss, debate, investigate
(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
indicative		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
subjunctive		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
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	agitā	—	—	agitāte	—
active	future	—	agitātō	agitātō	—	agitātōte	agitantō
passive	present	—	agitāre	—	—	agitāminī	—
passive	future	—	agitātor	agitātor	—	—	agitantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		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

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

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^[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

Pronunciation

(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)

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

Etymology 2

Verb

agito

first-person singular present indicative of agitar

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Verb

agito

first-person singular present indicative of agitar