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agitator

agitator

driver, charioteer* (PI.+); agmen (Enn.+)

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 14 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. agitator — de Vaan

agitator 'driver, charioteer* (PI.+); agmen (Enn.+) 'stream, crowd'; examen 'swarm (of bees) (PL+); needle of scales (Verg.+); ammentum / amentum 'thong or loop attached to a spear* (Caes.+); agilis 'swift, agile' (Sis.+); agolum 'shepherd's staff (only Paul, ex F.); remex 'oarsman, rower* (PL+); coagulum 'bond, tie; rennet, curdled milk' (Var.+); ambages 'detour, meanderings; circumlocution' (PL+); indagd, -inis … — [de Vaan, s.v. agitator, p. 44]

2. ăgĭtātor — Lewis & Short

ăgĭtātor, ōris, m.id., pr.

I he that puts a thing in motion; used exclusively of those who drive animals (asses, horses, etc.), a driver (cf. agaso): agitator aselli, poet. for a peasant, Verg. G. 1, 273: equorum Achillis, i. e. the charioteer, id. A. 2, 476: sustineat currum ut bonu' saepe agitator equosque, Lucil. p. 154 Müll.—Hence,
II Esp., a charioteer, a combatant in the games of the circus, Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 50: ego ut agitator callidus, priusquam ad finem veniam, equos sustinebo, Cic. Ac. 2, 20; Suet. Calig. 55; so Inscr. Orell. 2593 sq.: agitatores consopiti sunt, Vulg. Nah. 2, 3.

In the wild

6 of 14 attestations shown.

Where it came from

  • de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) Treated in de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) s.v. agitator (scan p. 44; entry #21).

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