Latin

Alternative forms

• conmoveō

Verb

commoveō ‎(present infinitive commovēre, perfect active commōvī, supine commōtum); second conjugation

1. I move something in violent motion, move; shake, stir, shift, agitate.
2. I remove something from somewhere, carry away, displace.
3. (by extension) I start, set in motion, stimulate, begin, move.
4. (figuratively) I drive back, dislodge, refute, confute.
5. (figuratively) I throw into disorder, unbalance, unsettle, disturb.
6. (figuratively) I excite, rouse, stir up, affect, influence, produce, generate.

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Descendants

• Catalan: commoure
• English: commotion
• Italian: commuovere
• Portuguese: comover
• Spanish: conmover

References

• commoveo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• commoveo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “commoveo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to be moved by a thing: aliqua re moveri, commoveri
    
  • to touch a person's heart, move him: alicuius animum commovere
    
  • to cause a person pain: dolorem alicui facere, afferre, commovere
    
  • to cause oneself to be expected: exspectationem sui facere, commovere
    
  • to excite some one's pity: misericordiam alicui commovere