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tŭmultŭōsus , a, um, adj. tumultus,
I.full of bustle, confusion, or tumult, restless, turbulent, tumultuous (class.): qui homo tam tumultuoso sonitu me excivit foras? Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 52: “seditiosa ac tumultuosa vita,” Cic. Inv. 1, 3, 4: “contiones,” id. Fam. 2, 12, 1: “actio,” Quint. 11, 1, 29: “nuntius,” Liv. 2, 24, 1: “turba,” id. 6, 14, 6: “multitudo,” id. 24, 29, 1: “genus pugnae,” id. 1, 14, 7; 28, 15, 5: “proelia,” id. 27, 2, 11: “excursiones,” id. 30, 8, 4: “somnia,” Cels. 1, 2; 8, 4: “mare,” Hor. C. 3, 1, 26: “in otio tumultuosi, in bello segnes,” Liv. 4, 28, 4.—Comp.: “iter tumultuosius,” Liv. 42, 66, 6: “ex Syriā tumultuosiora nuntiata sunt,” Cic. Fam. 12, 17, 1: “Caesar Italiam tumultuosiorem repperit,” Vell. 2, 74, 1: “litterae,” i. e. announcing disturbances, Suet. Ner. 40 fin.: “tumultuosius atque turbidius,” Quint. 3, 8, 60.—Sup.: “quod tumultuosissimum pugnae erat,” Liv. 2, 10, 7.—Adv.: tŭmultŭōsē , with bustle or confusion, tumultuously: tumultuose et cunctis copiis, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 197 P.; Liv. 2, 28, 2; 2, 29, 5.—Comp., Caes. B. G. 7, 45; Liv. 2, 29, 5; Suet. Caes. 16.—Sup., Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 14, § 37; Suet. Calig. 45.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 12.17.1
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 2.12.1
    • Caesar, Gallic War, 7.45
    • Cicero, Against Verres, 2.2.37
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 1, 14.7
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 2, 10.7
    • Plautus, Trinummus, 5.2
    • Suetonius, Caligula, 45
    • Suetonius, Divus Julius, 16
    • Suetonius, Nero, 40
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 30, 8.4
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 2, 24.1
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 6, 14.6
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 42, 66
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 2, 29.5
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 24, 29
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 27, 2.11
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 2, 28.2
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 4, 28.4
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 28, 15.5
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 3, 8.60
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 11, 1.29
    • A. Cornelius Celsus, De Medicina, 1.2
    • A. Cornelius Celsus, De Medicina, 8.4
    • Cicero, De Inventione, 1.3
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