mōto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a. [moveo],
to keep moving, move about (poet.): Zephyris motantibus, Verg. E. 5, 5; cacumina quercūs, id. ib. 6, 28: lacertos, Ov. M. 11, 674.— Pass. : fundamenta parietesque quati et motari videntur, Jul. Val. Rer. Gest. Alex. 1, 10.