movement Copy link Outline I. Change of positionII. An agitation, commotionIII. In music • movement: I. Change of position: mōtus, ūs: v. motion. II. An agitation, commotion: mōtus: v. commotion, disturbance. Phr.: the m. party, rerum novarum avidi (which however has usu. a bad sense), Sall. Jug. 19, init.: comp. novis rebus studere, Cic. Cat. 1, init.: v. revolution. III. In music: perh. mŏdus: v. strain.