revolt (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. dēfectio2. rĕbellio (less freq. rebellatio and rebellium3. sēdĭtio (civil discord) • revolt (subs.): 1. dēfectio: the sudden r. of Pompey, subita d. Pompeii, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 4, 4: Caes.: Liv.: (the form dēfectus, ūs, is late Latin). 2. rĕbellio (less freq. rebellatio and rebellium: a renewal of war by a conquered people): v. rebellion. 3. sēdĭtio (civil discord): the r. spread among the legions, s. legiones incessit, Tac. A. 1, 16: Cic. Join: defectio s.que, Liv. 28, 24: v. tumult, sedition. Phr.: to rise in r. against any one, cooriri in aliquem, Liv. 7, 3, extr.; exsurgere contra aliquem, Tac. H. 2, 76: Illyricum was in a state of r., turbatum Illyricum, id. ib. 1, 2: to be participators in their r., furoris eorum socios esse, Liv. 28, 24, ad fin.