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|lshtext=<b>tŭmultus</b>: ūs (<br /><b>I</b> gen. tumulti, Enn., Att., Afran., Turp., and Pompon. ap. Non. 489, 29 sq.; Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 22; id. Poen. 1, 1, 79; Ter. And. 2, 2, 28; id. Hec. 3, 2, 21; Sall. C. 59, 5), m. Sanscr. tumalas, tumulas, disturbing; cf. [[tumeo]], an [[uproar]], [[bustle]], [[violent]] [[commotion]], [[disturbance]], [[tumult]] (freq. and [[class]].; cf.: [[turba]], [[perturbatio]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen.: [[quid]] hoc hic clamoris, [[quid]] hoc hic tumulti est? Enn. ap. Non. 489, 29 (Trag. v. 204 Vahl.): [[quis]] sonitu ac tumultu tanto nomine nominat me [[atque]] pulsat [[aedes]]? Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 1: magno cum strepitu ac tumultu castris egressi, Caes. B. G. 2, 11; so [[with]] [[strepitus]], id. ib. 6, 7; Liv. 25, 23, 17: cum omnia terrore ac tumultu streperent, id. 25, 25, 9: arx [[inter]] tumultum [[capta]] est, id. 28, 19, 18: numquae [[trepidatio]]? numqui [[tumultus]]? Cic. Dejot. 7, 20; so [[with]] [[trepidatio]], Liv. 25, 13, 10: urbi, [[sine]] vestro motu ac [[sine]] ullo tumultu, [[satis]] esset praesidii, Cic. Cat. 2, 12, 26: turbae ac tumultūs concitatores, Liv. 25, 4, 10: [[repentino]] tumultu perterriti, Caes. B. G. 7, 47: tumultu armorum et cantuum truces, Tac. A. 4, 47: verborum, id. H. 1, 85: [[Acheron]] rapitur tumultu ingenti, Sen. Herc. Fur. 714: urbis, Tib. 2, 3, 43.— Plur.: inque repentinos convivia versa [[tumultus]], Ov. M. 5, 5: [[ille]] caecos instare [[tumultus]] Saepe monet, Verg. G. 1, 464: canunt ignes subitosque [[tumultus]], Manil. 1, 894: novos moveat F ortuna [[tumultus]], Hor. S. 2, 2, 126.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of [[thunder]], [[storm]], etc.: tremendo [[Juppiter]] [[ipse]] ruens tumultu, i. e. the [[roar]] of [[thunder]], Hor. C. 1, 16, 12; cf. Ov. M. 3, 308: vides, [[quanto]] trepidet tumultu Pronus [[Orion]], [[storm]], [[tempest]], Hor. C. 3, 27, 17: (me) per Aegaeos [[tumultus]] Aura feret, id. ib. 3, 29, 63: pelagi caelique, Luc. 5, 592: maris, Sen. Herc. Fur. 1091.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of the [[body]]: stomacho tumultum Lenta feret [[pituita]], i. e. a rumbling of the [[bowels]], Hor. S. 2, 2, 75; Sen. Thyest. 999.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In milit. lang., a [[sudden]] or [[impending]] [[war]], [[civil]] [[war]], [[insurrection]], [[tumult]], [[sedition]], [[rebellion]]: potest [[enim]] esse [[bellum]] ut [[tumultus]] non [[sit]], [[tumultus]] esse [[sine]] [[bello]] non potest. Quid est [[enim]] aliud [[tumultus]] [[nisi]] [[perturbatio]] tanta, ut major [[timor]] oriatur? [[unde]] [[etiam]] [[nomen]] ductum est [[tumultus]]. Itaque majores nostri tumultum Italicum, [[quod]] erat [[domesticus]]; tumultum Gallicum, [[quod]] erat Italiae [[finitimus]], [[praeterea]] nullum nominabant. Gravius [[autem]] tumultum esse [[quam]] [[bellum]] [[hinc]] intellegi [[licet]], [[quod]] [[bello]] vacationes valent, tumultu non valent, Cic. Phil. 8, 1, 2 sq.: [[censeo]] tumultum decerni, [[that]] a [[state]] of [[civil]] [[war]] be proclaimed, id. ib. 5, 12, 31: Bojorum gentem ad rebellionem spectare: ob eas res tumultum esse decrevit [[senatus]], Liv. 34, 56, 11; and: tumultūs Gallici causā, id. 7, 9, 6: [[factum]] [[nuper]] in Italiā, servili tumultu, Caes. B. G. 1, 40: sedato [[tandem]] Istrico tumultu, Liv. 41, 6, 1: in Sardiniā magnum tumultum esse cognitum est, id. 41, 6, 5: [[hostilis]], Tac. A. 4, 29: [[remedium]] tumultūs fuit [[alius]] [[tumultus]], id. H. 2, 68: [[repentino]] tumultu excitae, Just. 2, 4, 22; Flor. 3, 19, 2: [[tumultus]] [[magis]] [[quam]] [[proelium]] fuit, Curt. 6, 5, 12.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Excitement, [[anxiety]]: [[supremo]] [[die]] exquirens, an jam de se [[tumultus]] [[foris]] esset, Suet. Aug. 99: alteri [[apud]] alteros formidinem [[simul]] et tumultum facere, Sall. J. 53, 7; cf.: cui [[lapis]] [[externus]] curae est, urbisque [[tumultus]], Tib. 2, 3, 43.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop. ([[poet]]. and in [[post]]-Aug. [[prose]]).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Disturbance, disquietude, [[agitation]], [[tumult]] of the [[mind]] or feelings: [[tumultus]] Mentis, Hor. C. 2, 16, 10; Luc. 7, 183: pulsata tumultu pectora, Petr. poët. 123: sceleris [[tumultus]], Hor. S. 2, 3, 208.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Of [[speech]], [[confusion]], [[disorder]]: sermonis, Plin. 7, 12, 10, § 55: criminum, Quint. Decl. 1, 4.