mōtus ūs, m
1 MV-,
a moving, motion
: caeli signorumque motūs: motūs
astrorum ignoro, Iu.: futuri,
departure
, V.: crebri terrae, i. e.
earthquakes
, Cu.—
Artistic movement, gesticulation, dancing
: corporis: haud indecoros motūs more Tusco
dabant,
gesticulated
, L.: Ionici,
dances
, H.: Cereri dare motūs,
dance
, V.: palaestrici,
of wrestlers
: celeri motu et difficili uti,
gestures
(of orators): instabilem motum habere, Cs.—Fig.,
a movement, change
: motūs fortunae, Cs.—
An impulse, emotion, affection, passion, agitation, disturbance,
inspiration
: motūs animorum duplices sunt: dulcem motum
adferre sensibus,
sensation
: divino concita motu, O.—
A political movement, sudden rising, tumult, commotion
: in Apuliā motus erat,
S.: repentini Galliae motūs,
Cs.: Catilinae: servilis,
insurrection
, L.: in re p.,
change
: civicus, H.
