Latin

Noun

tumultus m ‎(genitive tumultūs); fourth declension

1. An uproar; bustle, violent commotion, disturbance, tumult; turmoil, panic; storm, tempest.
2. A sudden outbreak of violence or an impending war; civil war; insurrection, riot, rebellion, sedition, tumult.
3. (of the mind or feelings) Disturbance, disquietude, agitation; excitement, anxiety; fear, panic.
4. (of speech) Confusion, muddle, disorder.

Inflection

• Note that tumultī is an alternative form for the genitive singular tumultūs.

Fourth declension.

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

• (agitation, disquietude): ōtium, pāx, quiēs
• (disturbance, tumult): ōtium, pāx, quiēs
• (storm, tempest): tranquillum

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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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “tumultus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • 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