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|lshtext=<b>mōtus</b>: a, um, Part. and P. a., v. [[moveo]]<br /><b>I</b> fin. B.<br /><b>mōtus</b>: ūs, m. [[moveo]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[moving]], [[motion]] (freq. and [[class]].).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen.: orbes, qui versantur [[contrario]] motu, Cic. Rep. 6, 17, 17: [[deus]] motum dedit [[caelo]], id. Univ. 6: [[natura]] omnia ciens et agitans motibus et mutationibus suis, id. N. D. 3, 11, 27: [[motus]] astrorum [[ignoro]], Juv. 3, 42.—Poet.: futuri, [[departure]], Verg. A. 4, 297: sub Aurorae primos excedere [[motus]], Luc. 4, 734: crebri terrae, i. e. earthquakes, Curt. 4, 4, 20; 8, 11, 2.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic., [[artistic]] [[movement]], gesticulation, [[dancing]]: [[haud]] indecoros [[motus]] [[more]] Tusco dabant, gesticulated, Liv. 7, 2: Ionici, dances, Hor. C. 3, 6, 21: Cereri [[dare]] motūs, to [[perform]] dances, [[dance]], Verg. G 1, 350: palaestrici, the motions of wrestlers, Cic. Off. 1, 36, 130. —Of the gestures of an [[orator]], Cic. Brut. 30, 116.—Of [[military]] movements, evolutions: ut ad motūs concursūsque essent leviores, Nep. Iph. 1, 4.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> Transf., a [[stage]] in the [[growth]] of a [[plant]]: [[tres]] esse motūs in vite, seu [[potius]] in [[surculo]], naturales: unum quo germinet: alterum quo floreat: [[tertium]] quo maturescat, Col. 4, 28, 2.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen., of the [[mind]] or [[heart]], a [[movement]], [[operation]], [[impulse]], [[emotion]], [[affection]], [[passion]], [[agitation]], [[disturbance]] (syn.: [[affectus]], [[perturbatio]]): cum [[semper]] agitetur [[animus]], nec [[principium]] [[motus]] habeat, Cic. Sen. 21, 78: motūs animorum duplices sunt, alteri cogitationis, alteri appetitūs, id. Off. 1, 36, 130: motūs animi nimii, i. e. perturbationes, id. ib. 1, 38, 136: mentis meae, id. Att. 3, 8, 4: animi [[motus]] et virtutis gloriam esse sempiternam, id. Sest. 68, 143: [[tres]] quae dulcem motum afferunt sensibus, [[sensation]], id. Fin. 2, 3, 10: [[Manto]], [[divino]] concita motu, [[impulse]], inspiration, Ov. M. 6, 158.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A [[political]] [[movement]], [[sudden]] [[rising]], [[tumult]], [[commotion]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In a [[good]] [[sense]]: Italiae magnificentissimus [[ille]] [[motus]], Cic. pro Dom. 56, 142.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Rebellion, [[sedition]]: omnes Catilinae motūs conatūsque prohibere, Cic. Cat. 2, 12, 26: motum afferre rei publicae, id. ib. 2, 2, 4: populi, id. de Or. 2, 48, 199: [[servilis]], a [[rising]] of the slaves, [[insurrection]], Liv. 39, 29: motum in re publicā non [[tantum]] impendere [[video]], [[quantum]] tu aut vides, aut ad me consolandum affers, a [[change]], [[alteration]], Cic. Att. 3, 8, 3.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In rhet., a trope (= [[immutatio]] verborum, Cic.), Quint. 9, 1, 2; cf. id. 8, 5, 35.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A [[motive]] ([[post]]-Aug.): audisti consilii mei motūs, Plin. Ep. 3, 4, 9.