tumult Copy link Outline 1. tŭmultus, ūs (Roman t. t. for an irruption of barbarians, or sudden outbreak amongst subjects or slaves2. mōtus, ūs3. turba4. sēdĭtio, (mutiny, insurrection)5. vīs rĕpentīna, Cic. Sest. 67, 1406. tŭmultuātio (rare)7. concĭtātio8. perturbātio9. permōtio (of the mind).10. fluctūs, uum, pl. (lit. waves) • tumult: 1. tŭmultus, ūs (Roman t. t. for an irruption of barbarians, or sudden outbreak amongst subjects or slaves: cf. Cic. Phil. 8, 1, 2: also gen.): issuing from the camp with much noise and t., magno cum strepitu ac t. castris egressi, Caes. B. G. 2, 11: Liv.: Cic.: Hor.: Ov. Join: an exciter of t., turbae ac t. concitator, Liv. 25, 4, fin.: the horses causing a t., equis t. edentibus, id. 36, 19: to arouse a t., t. facere, Liv. 9, 43: for the sake of making a t., tumultuandi causâ, id. 34, 61: they kept allaying t.s, sometimes exciting fresh ones in the effort, sedabant t., sedando interdum movebant, id. 3, 15: that caused a t. and rout, ea res t. et fugam praebuit, id. 26, 10: to cause t. in the state, t. injicere civitati, Cic. Cat. 3, 3, 7: to quell a t., t. comprimere, Tac. Hist. 4, 16: a t. in sea and sky, pelagi coelique t., Luc. 5, 592: a t. in the mind, mentis t., Hor. Od. 2, 16, 10. 2. mōtus, ūs: to stir a t. in the commonwealth, m. afferre reipublicae, Cic. Cat. 2, 2. 3. turba: t. and disorder, t. et confusio rerum, Cic. Fam. 6, 6: to stir up a violent t. in the camp, maximas in castris turbas efficere, id. Rosc. Am. 32, 91: Caes.: Plaut.: to make a t., turbam facere, Ter. Eun. 4, 1, 2; turbas dare, ib. 4, 3, 11: turbas concire, id. Heaut. 5, 2, 17. 4. sēdĭtio, (mutiny, insurrection): t.s of the citizens, s. domesticae, id. Rull. 2, 33, 90: a t. arose, s. orta, Liv. 2., 16; s. coorta est, Virg. Aen. 1, 149: to excite a t., s. concitare, Cic. Mur. 39, 83; s. commovere, id. Att. 2, 1; s. concire, Tac. Ann. 14, 17; s. miscere, id. Hist. 4, 68: to quell a t., s. comprimere, Liv. 2, 23; s. coercere, Tac. Hist. 3, 60. 5. vīs rĕpentīna, Cic. Sest. 67, 140: v. riot, uproar, disorder. 6. tŭmultuātio (rare): Liv. 38, 2. 7. concĭtātio: a popular t., c. popularis, Cic. Sest. 34, 73. 8. perturbātio: v. disturbance. 9. permōtio (of the mind). 10. fluctūs, uum, pl. (lit. waves): t. of assemblies, f. contionum, Cic. Mil. 2, 5: Hor.: Lucr.: v. excitement, emotion, agitation.