riot (subs.) Copy link Outline I. Uproar, breach of the peace1. turba (prop. a crowd2. turbella (rare3. tŭmultus, ūs (a violent commotion)4. rixa (prop. a quarrel between two; often in the wider sense)II. Disorderly living, excess • riot (subs.): I. Uproar, breach of the peace: 1. turba (prop. a crowd: esp. pl. in this sense): r. and uproar, turba et confusio, Cic. Rep. 1, 45: to raise a great r., maximas t. efficere, id. Verr. 5, 12, 31: if you begin a r., si quicquam turbae coeperis, Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 30: seditions and r.s amongst the people, seditiones t.que populares, Quint. 2, 16, 2. 2. turbella (rare: in pl. mostly; a row, shindy): to raise a r., t. facere, Pl. Bac. 4, 9, 134. 3. tŭmultus, ūs (a violent commotion): noise and r., strepitus atque t., Caes. B. G. 2, 11: there was not a r., neither was there tranquillity, non t., non quies, Tac. H. 1, 40: v. tumult, uproar. 4. rixa (prop. a quarrel between two; often in the wider sense): owing to the concourse of people there was a r. and almost a battle, concursu hominum r. ac prope proelium fuit, Liv. 2, 18, ad init. Join: turba atque r., Cic. Verr. 4, 66, 148. II. Disorderly living, excess: expr. by cōmissātio, bacchātio, v. revelry: or by luxŭria, v. extravagance. To run r., luxŭrio, or -or, 1: to run r. in liberty, libertate l., Curt. 10, 7, 11.