(P. a.) : mōtus, a, um, Part. and , v. moveo
* Fin. B.

mōtus (noun M) : moveo
* A moving, motion (freq. and class.).
* Lit.
* In gen.: orbes, qui versantur contrario motu,Cic. Rep. 6, 17, 17: deus motum dedit caelo,id. Univ. 6: natura omnia ciens et agitans motibus et mutationibus suis,id. N. D. 3, 11, 27: motus astrorum ignoro,Juv. 3, 42.—Poet.: futuri,departure,Verg. A. 4, 297: sub Aurorae primos excedere motus,Luc. 4, 734: crebri terrae,i. e. earthquakes,Curt. 4, 4, 20; 8, 11, 2.
* Trop.
* Transf., a stage in the growth of a plant: tres esse motūs in vite, seu potius in surculo, naturales: unum quo germinet: alterum quo floreat: tertium quo maturescat,Col. 4, 28, 2.
* In gen., of the mind or heart, a movement, operation, impulse, emotion, affection, passion, agitation, disturbance (syn.: affectus, perturbatio): cum semper agitetur animus, nec principium motus habeat,Cic. Sen. 21, 78: motūs animorum duplices sunt, alteri cogitationis, alteri appetitūs,id. Off. 1, 36, 130: motūs animi nimii, i. e. perturbationes,id. ib. 1, 38, 136: mentis meae,id. Att. 3, 8, 4: animi motus et virtutis gloriam esse sempiternam,id. Sest. 68, 143: tres quae dulcem motum afferunt sensibus,sensation,id. Fin. 2, 3, 10: Manto, divino concita motu, impulse, inspiration, Ov. M. 6, 158.
* In partic.
* A political movement, sudden rising, tumult, commotion.
* In a good sense: Italiae magnificentissimus ille motus, Cic. pro Dom. 56, 142.
* In rhet., a trope (= immutatio verborum, Cic.), Quint. 9, 1, 2; cf. id. 8, 5, 35.
* A motive (post-Aug.): audisti consilii mei motūs,Plin. Ep. 3, 4, 9.

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