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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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S&H Smith & Hall (1)
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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• commotion:
    1. I. Violent motion in general:
      1. 1. mōtus, ūs (chiefly of political tumults, etc.): to occasion a c. in the state, motum afferre reip., Cic.
      2. 2. commōtio: v. disturbance, excitement.
      3. 3. ăgĭtātio (i. e. tossing, agitation: q. v.): c.s of the waves, agitationes fluctuum, Cic.
      4. 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. 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.
R&A Riddle & Arnold (1)
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J. E. Riddle and T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Lexicon. Data retrieved from FergusJPWalsh/riddle-arnold under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
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• COMMOTION
  • In the state: tumultus (Roman name for any sudden outbreak against them: e.g., of slaves, peasants, allies): motus: motus concursusque (commotion in the state): seditio (mutiny against the government): vis repentina (sudden commotion): turbae: commotion among the citizens, seditio domestica; to excite a commotion, turbas dare or facere (Ter.): tumultum facere (Sall.), concitare; seditionem facere, concitare, commovere, concire; to cause a violent commotion in the camp, maximas in castris turbas efficere (Cic.): to cause fresh commotions, novos tumultus movere (Horace): to cause commotions in a state, tumultum injicere civitati (Cic.) turbae ac tumultus concitatorem esse (Cic.): tumultum edere or praebere (Liv.): to quell the commotion, tumultum sedare (Liv.), comprimere (Tac.): seditionem sedare, lenire, tranquillam facere, comprimere, exstinguere: a commotion breaks out, seditio oritur, concitatur, exardescit: breaks out again, seditio recrudescit: it subsides, seditio languescit: it is appeased, seditio conticescit.
  • Any violent motion: motus: jactatio: jactatus: agitatio [SYN. in AGITATION]. tumultus (of the sea, the body; also of the mind, mentis): vehementior animi concitatio: animi permotio (of the mind): To put every thing in commotion, *miscere ac turbare or turbare ac miscere omnia. Vid: also, AGITATION.