tumultus
Latin
Etymology
Akin to tumulus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /tuˈmul.tus/, [tʊˈmʊɫ.tʊs]
Noun
tumultus m (genitive tumultūs); fourth declension
- An uproar; bustle, violent commotion, disturbance, tumult; turmoil, panic; storm, tempest.
- A sudden outbreak of violence or an impending war; civil war; insurrection, riot, rebellion, sedition, tumult.
- (of the mind or feelings) Disturbance, disquietude, agitation; excitement, anxiety; fear, panic.
- (of speech) Confusion, muddle, disorder.
Inflection
- Note that tumultī is an alternative form for the genitive singular tumultūs.
Fourth declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | tumultus | tumultūs |
Genitive | tumultūs | tumultuum |
Dative | tumultuī | tumultibus |
Accusative | tumultum | tumultūs |
Ablative | tumultū | tumultibus |
Vocative | tumultus | tumultūs |
Synonyms
- (agitation, disquietude): commōtiō, cōnsternātiō
- (disturbance, tumult): concursus, cōnsternātiō, hiems, mōtus, procella, tempestās, turba
- (insurrection, rebellion): īnsurrectiō, mōtus, rebellātiō, rebelliō, sēditiō
- (storm, tempest): hiems, procella, tempestās
Antonyms
Derived terms
- tumultuārius
- tumultuātim
Related terms
- tumultuāriē
- tumultuātiō
Descendants
References
- tumultus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- tumultus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- tumultus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to quell an outbreak: tumultum sedare (B. C. 3. 18. 3)
- to quell an outbreak: tumultum sedare (B. C. 3. 18. 3)
- tumultus in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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