moveo

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *moweō, from Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- (“to move”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmo.u̯e.oː/, [ˈmou̯eoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmo.ve.o/, [ˈmɔːveo]

Verb

moveō (present infinitive movēre, perfect active mōvī, supine mōtum); second conjugation

1. to move, stir, set in motion

   Synonym: muto

2. to disturb, shake, remove
3. to arouse, excite, promote, produce

   Synonyms: excitō, īnstīgō, īnstinguō, exciō, stimulō, sollicitō, percieō, concieō, cieō, concitō, impellō, īnflammō, urgeō, flammō, mōlior, incendō, adhortor, ērigō

   Antonyms: domō, lēniō, sōpiō, sēdō, dēlēniō, restinguō, plācō, coerceō, mītigō, commītigō, ēlevō, levō, allevō, alleviō

4. to begin, commence, undertake

   Synonyms: incohō, exōrdior, occipiō, incipiō, coepiō, ōrdior, initiō, ineō, ingredior, aggredior, sūmō, committō, exorior

   Antonyms: cessō, subsistō, dēsistō, remittō, trānseō

5. to excite, inspire, influence

   Synonyms: perpellō, suādeō, persuādeō

   movere animum alicuius ― to excite or inspire someone’s mind (for example, enrage him)

6. to present or offer (an oblation or gift)

   Synonyms: dōnō, condōnō, largior, praebeō, offerō, prōferō, sufferō, afferō, polliceor, obiciō

7. to trouble, concern, torment (someone)

   Synonyms: fatīgō, sollicitō, agitō, concitō, disturbō, īnfestō, peragō, irrītō, stimulō, occīdō, versō, agō, angō, ūrō

   Antonym: cōnsōlor

8. to exert, exercise
9. (of plants) to put forth

Usage notes

Nōn moveō means "to stand still."

Conjugation

Conjugation of moveō (second conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	moveō	movēs	movet	movēmus	movētis	movent
	imperfect	movēbam	movēbās	movēbat	movēbāmus	movēbātis	movēbant
	future	movēbō	movēbis	movēbit	movēbimus	movēbitis	movēbunt
	perfect	mōvī	mōvistī	mōvit	mōvimus	mōvistis	mōvērunt, mōvēre
	pluperfect	mōveram	mōverās	mōverat	mōverāmus	mōverātis	mōverant
	future perfect	mōverō	mōveris	mōverit	mōverimus	mōveritis	mōverint
passive	present	moveor	movēris, movēre	movētur	movēmur	movēminī	moventur
	imperfect	movēbar	movēbāris, movēbāre	movēbātur	movēbāmur	movēbāminī	movēbantur
	future	movēbor	movēberis, movēbere	movēbitur	movēbimur	movēbiminī	movēbuntur
	perfect	mōtus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	mōtus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	mōtus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	moveam	moveās	moveat	moveāmus	moveātis	moveant
	imperfect	movērem	movērēs	movēret	movērēmus	movērētis	movērent
	perfect	mōverim	mōverīs	mōverit	mōverīmus	mōverītis	mōverint
	pluperfect	mōvissem	mōvissēs	mōvisset	mōvissēmus	mōvissētis	mōvissent
passive	present	movear	moveāris, moveāre	moveātur	moveāmur	moveāminī	moveantur
	imperfect	movērer	movērēris, movērēre	movērētur	movērēmur	movērēminī	movērentur
	perfect	mōtus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	mōtus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	movē	—	—	movēte	—
	future	—	movētō	movētō	—	movētōte	moventō
passive	present	—	movēre	—	—	movēminī	—
	future	—	movētor	movētor	—	—	moventor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		movēre	mōvisse	mōtūrum esse	movērī	mōtum esse	mōtum īrī
participles		movēns	—	mōtūrus	—	mōtus	movendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		movendī	movendō	movendum	movendō	mōtum	mōtū

Derived terms

Related terms

• admoveō
• āmoveō
• commoveō
• dēmoveō
• dīmoveō
• ēmoveō
• mōmen
• mōmentum
• mōtio
• mōtitō
• mōtō
• mōtor
• mōtus
• movēns
• mōvimentum
• mūtō
• permoveō
• praemoveō
• prōmoveō
• removeō
• sēmoveō
• submoveō
• trānsmoveō

Descendants

• Dalmatian:
  • muvar
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Old French: movoir (see there for further descendants)
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Asturian: mover
  • Galician: mover
  • Portuguese: mover
  • Spanish: mover

Reflexes of an assumed variant *movĕre:

• Dalmatian:
  • mugro
• Italo-Romance:
  • Corsican: mova
  • Italian: muovere, movere (regional or archaic)
  • Sicilian: mòviri
• North Italian:
  • Friulian: movi
  • Romansch: mover, mouver
  • Venetan: móvar, móver
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: moure
  • Occitan: mòure, mòver, mòguer

References

• “moveo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “moveo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• moveo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • not to stir from one's place: loco or vestigio se non movere
    
  • to make an impression on the senses: sensus movere (more strongly pellere)
    
  • to raise a laugh: risum movere, concitare
    
  • to move to tears: lacrimas or fletum alicui movere
    
  • to be influenced by, to yield to urgent (abject) entreaty: magnis (infimis) precibus moveri
    
  • to make a man change his opinion: de sententia aliquem deducere, movere
    
  • to be moved by a thing: aliqua re moveri, commoveri
    
  • to be touched with pity: misericordia moveri, capi (De Or. 2. 47)
    
  • to fill a person with astonishment: admirationem alicui movere
    
  • to rouse a person's suspicions: suspicionem movere, excitare, inicere, dare alicui
    
  • to excite a person's wrath: stomachum, bilem alicui movere
    
  • movable, personal property: res, quae moveri possunt; res moventes (Liv. 5. 25. 6)
    
  • to overthrow a person (cf. sect. IX. 6): aliquem gradu movere, depellere or de gradu (statu) deicere
    
  • to expel some one from his tribe: tribu movere aliquem
    
  • to expel from the senate: senatu movere
    
  • to cause a war: bellum facere, movere, excitare
    
  • to begin the march, break up the camp: castra movere
    
  • to drive the enemy from his position: loco movere, depellere, deicere hostem (B. G. 7. 51)
    
• Dizionario Latino, Olivetti

Further reading

• “moveo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press