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.
TUMULT Copy link • TUMULTtumultus (Roman term for any sudden outbreak; e.g., of slaves, peasants, allies): motus: motus concursusque (tumult in the state): seditio (mutiny against the government): vis repentina (swddera tumult): turbae. Tumult among the citizens, seditio domestica: to excite a tumult, turbas dare or facere (Terentianus); tumultum facere (Sall.), concitare; seditionem facere, concitare, commovere, concire: to cause a violent tumult in the camp, maximas in castris turbas efficere (Cic.): to cause fresh tumults, novos tumultus movere († Hor.): to cause tumults in a state, tumultum injicere civitati (Cic.); turbae ac tumultus concitatorem esse (Cic.); tumultum edere or praebere (Liv.): to quell a tumult, tumultum sedare (Liv.); comprimere (Tac.): seditionem sedare, lenire, tranquillam facere, comprimere, exstinguere: a tumult breaks out, seditio oritur, concitatur, exardescit; breaks out again, seditio recrudescit decreases, seditio languescit; is appeased, seditio conticescit. Any violent motion, motus: jactatio: jactatus [SYN. in AGITATION]: tumultus (of the sea, the body; also of the mind, mentis †): vehementior animi concitatio: animi permotio (of the mind). Vid: also, AGITATION.