COMMOTION Copy link • COMMOTIONIn the state: tumultus (Roman name for any sudden outbreak against them: e.g., of slaves, peasants, allies): motus: motus concursusque (commotion in the state): seditio (mutiny against the government): vis repentina (sudden commotion): turbae: commotion among the citizens, seditio domestica; to excite a commotion, turbas dare or facere (Ter.): tumultum facere (Sall.), concitare; seditionem facere, concitare, commovere, concire; to cause a violent commotion in the camp, maximas in castris turbas efficere (Cic.): to cause fresh commotions, novos tumultus movere (Horace): to cause commotions in a state, tumultum injicere civitati (Cic.) turbae ac tumultus concitatorem esse (Cic.): tumultum edere or praebere (Liv.): to quell the commotion, tumultum sedare (Liv.), comprimere (Tac.): seditionem sedare, lenire, tranquillam facere, comprimere, exstinguere: a commotion breaks out, seditio oritur, concitatur, exardescit: breaks out again, seditio recrudescit: it subsides, seditio languescit: it is appeased, seditio conticescit. Any violent motion: motus: jactatio: jactatus: agitatio [SYN. in AGITATION]. tumultus (of the sea, the body; also of the mind, mentis): vehementior animi concitatio: animi permotio (of the mind): To put every thing in commotion, *miscere ac turbare or turbare ac miscere omnia. Vid: also, AGITATION.