commotion Copy link Outline I. Violent motion in general1. mōtus, ūs (chiefly of political tumults, etc.)2. commōtio3. ăgĭtātio (i. e. tossing, agitation4. tŭmultus, ūs (tumult, disorder5. turba (riot • commotion: I. Violent motion in general: 1. mōtus, ūs (chiefly of political tumults, etc.): to occasion a c. in the state, motum afferre reip., Cic. 2. commōtio: v. disturbance, excitement. 3. ăgĭtātio (i. e. tossing, agitation: q. v.): c.s of the waves, agitationes fluctuum, Cic. 4. tŭmultus, ūs (tumult, disorder: q. v.): having quitted the camp with great noise and c., magno cum strepitu ac t. castris egressi, Caes.: banquets turned into sudden c., in repentinos convivia versa t., Ov.: clammy phlegm will produce a c. in the bowels, stomacho t. lenta feret pituita, Hor. 5. turba (riot: q. v.): a stirrer up of c.s, concitator turbae atque tumultus, Liv.: to make c.s in the camp, efficere t. in castris, Cic.: they get their livelihood from c. and seditions, turba et seditionibus aluntur, Sall. Hence, means of c., turbāmenta: t. reipublicae, Sall.: t. vulgi, Tac.: a stirrer up of c., turbātor, Liv.: Tac.: the act of stirring up c., turbātio (rerum): Liv. Phr.: to calm the c. of the waves, fluctus componere motos, Virg.: to excite c.s in the commonwealth, remp. miscere, turbare, Cic.: v. to confuse.