TUMULT Copy link • TUMULTtumultus (Roman term for any sudden outbreak; e.g., of slaves, peasants, allies): motus: motus concursusque (tumult in the state): seditio (mutiny against the government): vis repentina (swddera tumult): turbae. Tumult among the citizens, seditio domestica: to excite a tumult, turbas dare or facere (Terentianus); tumultum facere (Sall.), concitare; seditionem facere, concitare, commovere, concire: to cause a violent tumult in the camp, maximas in castris turbas efficere (Cic.): to cause fresh tumults, novos tumultus movere († Hor.): to cause tumults in a state, tumultum injicere civitati (Cic.); turbae ac tumultus concitatorem esse (Cic.); tumultum edere or praebere (Liv.): to quell a tumult, tumultum sedare (Liv.); comprimere (Tac.): seditionem sedare, lenire, tranquillam facere, comprimere, exstinguere: a tumult breaks out, seditio oritur, concitatur, exardescit; breaks out again, seditio recrudescit decreases, seditio languescit; is appeased, seditio conticescit. Any violent motion, motus: jactatio: jactatus [SYN. in AGITATION]: tumultus (of the sea, the body; also of the mind, mentis †): vehementior animi concitatio: animi permotio (of the mind). Vid: also, AGITATION.