emotion Copy link Outline 1. mōtus, ūs (usu. with animi2. permōtio (stronger than preced.3. commōtio4. perturbātio (= turbatus animi motus5. affectus, ūs • emotion: 1. mōtus, ūs (usu. with animi: most gen. term): anger and fear and the other e.s, ira et metus et reliqui motus animi, Cic.: disturbed e.s, turbati m., Cic. (= πάθη: passions, Off. 2, 5, 18): to be intimately acquainted with all the e.s of the mind, omnes animorum m. pernoscere, Cic. (N.B. Unlike the Eng., motus animi may be used of the activity of the mind in thought, Off. 1, 36, 132.) 2. permōtio (stronger than preced.: rare): e.s bestowed on us by nature, permotiones animis nostris a natura datae, Cic. Acad. 2, 44, 135. 3. commōtio: v. excitement. 4. perturbātio (= turbatus animi motus: v. supr.): v. perturbation. 5. affectus, ūs: genuine e.s, veri af., Quint.: false, counterfeit e.s., m. ficti, imitati, Quint.: v. affection. Phr.: to be the subject of e., commoveri, Cic.: to feel the e.s of hope or fear, spem metumque concipere, Ov.: to obey a sudden e., impetu quodam animi uti, Cic. (v. impulse): full of (tearful) e., flebilis, Quint. Hor.: without e., immotus (v. unmoved), siccis oculis, Hor.